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| 11 | [[quoteright:227:[[Webcomic/MenageA3 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Menage_2-panel_6813.png]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:227:When a {{Facepalm}} just isn't enough.]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ->''BONK BONK BONK\ |
| 15 | "Don't dent my desk with your horns."'' |
| 16 | -->-- '''Zephan Zoeng''' (to Dabbler), ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' |
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| 18 | This is when a character expresses their overwhelming frustration by banging their head (often repeatedly) against something nearby. Desks and walls are the most prevalent targets, but other hard surfaces or objects — such as telephone poles, nearby appliances, or trees — are also acceptable. |
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| 20 | Most often seen in visual comedies, as doing this in RealLife could prove very painful. On the other hand, it ''can'' appear in more serious works, either to lighten the mood of a moment or to punctuate the gravity of the situation. |
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| 22 | Compare and contrast with FaceFault, {{Facepalm}}, FacePlant, and WallSlump (the non-violent variant, to say the least). Also contrast with the more serious PunchAWall. Not to be confused with [[WallBangHer a different kind of "wall bang"]]. |
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| 25 | !!Examples: |
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| 27 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 30 | * ''Advertising/DairyQueenLips'': After their human friends fail to guess the answer to their picture charade, the lips repeatedly bang themselves on the door in frustration. |
| 31 | * A radio advert for Ocean Finance features a man repeatedly banging his head against a brick wall, frustrated because he cannot get the loan he wants. |
| 32 | [[/folder]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 35 | * In ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', when given the idea that Mikoto could contract the stripper lady disease, Kuroko [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4YIs4gcQ8U does this]]. It tends to be her default response to stresses of any nature. Given Kuroko's... fondness for Mikoto it may also be a case of trying to (ahem) head off StupidSexyFlanders. |
| 36 | * In ''Manga/AmaiSeikatsu'', Yumika does this quite often, usually after realizing she's said something she didn't want to say. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Whenever Soga finds himself [[JumpingTheGenderBarrier pining after Matsuri romantically]], [[StupidSexyFlanders his usual response is to smash his head on the closest wall]]. |
| 38 | * In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} After Story'', Nagisa's 20th birthday is also her first time drinking sake (the legal age for drinking in Japan is 20). She gets extremely drunk off just one bowl/cup and turns into a ClingyJealousGirl. HilarityEnsues, and when Sanae and Akio start messing with him too, Tomoya does a fast headdesk. |
| 39 | * ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Danganronpa: The Animation]]'': Monokuma bangs his head against his desk and his chalkboard after Makoto is saved from being executed by [[spoiler:Chihiro's AI Alter Ego]]. |
| 40 | * In Episode 15 of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', Rie head-desks in response to one of her husband's crappy jokes. |
| 41 | * Mirai Kamiki does this in reaction to her little brother Sekai's obliviousness in episode 4 of ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry''. |
| 42 | * ''Manga/IchaichaSuruToOkaneGaWaichauFutariNoHanashi'': When Touma makes him think Haru holding his hand was just a dare, Hojo slams his head on the table in despair. |
| 43 | * ''Literature/InTheLandOfLeadale'': Cayna does this when the innkeeper unknowingly reminds her about an old moniker of hers. |
| 44 | * Frequently applied by ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'''s Yuuta, who is prone to frequently striking his head on the wall whenever he remembers another one of his past rants as a very deluded teen. |
| 45 | * Kyon of ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' can be seen doing this in the [[AnimeThemeSong opening theme song]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrMwo8PbjoE "Bouken Desho Desho,"]] cementing his [[DeadpanSnarker personality]] and his [[OnlySaneMan role]] in the [[TrueCompanions SOS Brigade]]. |
| 46 | * The daughter Nonoko in ''Anime/MyNeighborsTheYamadas'' eagerly anticipates hearing what her mom Matsuko intends to make for dinner: it will be... curry. NOT AGAIN! Nonoko immediately slams her face down on the table. |
| 47 | * ''Franchise/OnePiece'' uses this trope with Nami after she discovers that most of the money she had saved was spent on a party. |
| 48 | * Used quite often by Eita from ''Anime/{{Oreshura}}'' whenever Masuzu reads a passage from his secret notebook that she acquired. |
| 49 | * If there was an award for the number of times the Sextuplets from ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' did this, Ichimatsu would win. Expect a little blood each time. |
| 50 | * In ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', Dr. Mikoto Itoshiki, along with the rest of his family, has an UnfortunateName which can, in his case, be read as ''zetsumei'' ("death"), thus making him ''zetsumei-sensei'' ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dr. Death]]) and discouraging patients from visiting him. Calling him this results in his banging his head against the wall for several minutes ([[CantYouReadTheSign in one instance, this is near a poster warning about cranial injury]]). |
| 51 | * In ''Manga/SchoolRumble'', Tenma does this repeatedly while trying to work out the (probably non-existing) hidden meaning behind [[TheStoic Karasuma's]] words. |
| 52 | * ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'' has [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/StarRose/GIFS/headdesk.gif one memorable instance]] when a character tries to get rid of his crush on a random guy. |
| 53 | * Saya does it in episode 6 of ''Manga/ServantXService'' when she thinks about the prospects of marrying. |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': After ignoring a warning from his mom that it looks like rain and he might catch a cold if he goes out, Archie and Jughead both get soaked and head for Veronica's place. After going through a sauna and doing laps of a pool to try and avoid getting sick ("No germ would be stupid enough to stick around for that punishment") Archie gets home and... sneezes. "Banging your head against a wall is not an accepted cold medicine!" |
| 58 | * This is a stock gag in ''Webcomic/DorkTower'', where a sufficiently annoying situation will prompt any of the main characters to bang their head against the nearest wall or table. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck does it at the beginning of the Creator/CarlBarks story ''ComicBook/TheGoldenHelmet'', because his nephews are so slow at catching up on his urgent plans. First, he asks them to gather winter clothes, and they just ask why they need them in midsummer. Then he explains that they are going to Labrador. Cue this dialogue: |
| 60 | -->'''Nephews:''' What is Labrador? Is it a movie?\ |
| 61 | ''[Donald smashes head-on into the nearest wall in sheer frustration]'' |
| 62 | * ''I, Arne Næss'', a comic book telling the life of the eponymous Norwegian philosopher, made for his ninetieth birthday, has one. Næss was an eager mountaineer, and often took his nephew with him. One sequence shows the two of them arguing about climbing further up or going down. Næss, being somewhat of a trickster, gets his way by tossing a coin (heads or tails) and losing it on purpose down the mountain. Thus, he just says, "Ouch, now we have to go down to find it..." His nephew, who was the one who argued for climbing upwards, is then shown banging his head against the mountainside in sheer frustration. |
| 63 | * A completely serious example in one of ComicBook/TheJoker's stories; he's been arrested and is going to trial, and the possibility of an insanity defense has (unsurprisingly) been raised by his attorney. While getting exasperated with his client, the lawyer sarcastically asks, [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder "And getting declared insane is that easy, is it?"]] The Joker calmly slams his own face down on the table he's sitting at, sits up with his face covered in blood, and says [[BadassBoast "It's that easy."]] |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' had various characters react this way to goofier situations, though Oberon was the most common. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'': [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Linda Lee]] bangs her head against her desk because her bully of a schoolmate Belinda is playing a tape where Linda is complaining about her "bad-smelling" schoolmates over the school intercom. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 69 | * In one ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip, Oliver Wendell Jones learns that he is competing against Creator/StephenHawking in his quest to discover a Grand Unification Theory. He responds by screaming and slamming his head several times against a wall. |
| 70 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'''s boss [[https://dilbert.com/strip/2004-02-03 reorganises the department on a whim]], prompting Dilbert to beat himself with a keyboard. |
| 71 | * Frank of ''ComicStrip/LibertyMeadows'' did it pretty often as he kept on screwing up trying to romance Brandy Carter. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 75 | [[AC:CrossOver]] |
| 76 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5353683/10/The-Girl-Who-Loved The Girl Who Loved]]'': One of the Sailor Scouts makes a suggestive remark involving Harry and Sailor Pluto, and he tries to beat the resulting images out of his head with the aid of a nearby table, which breaks partway through and has to be magically repaired. |
| 77 | * ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe gets into this after spending three days unable to write a story, with her echoing Hiro Hamada below. |
| 78 | -->'''Chloe:''' ''[banging head on writing desk covered with crumpled paper]'' Dumb brain! Got nothing! Stupid! Useless! No good! |
| 79 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7665632/25/Potter-s-Protector Potter's Protector]]'' : Harry bangs his head on a table after his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']] |
| 82 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9750991/69/Angry-Harry-and-the-Seven Angry Harry and the Seven]]'': It's Valentine's Day, so Harry recites poetry and gives a large bouquet of roses and baby's breath to his betrothed Daphne right in front of everybody in the Great Hall, making the rest of the boys with girlfriends look like unromantic clods in comparison. A seventh-year Hufflepuff who recognizes that he's been outshone lightly bangs his forehead on the tabletop a few times. And then Blaise publicly presents his girlfriend Tracey with a carnation and a pretty necklace and helps her put the necklace on, again making the rest of the boys with girlfriends look like unromantic clods in comparison. The poor Hufflepuff, seeing he's been outshone again, resumes banging his forehead on the tabletop. |
| 83 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2240670/4/Harry-Potter-and-the-Curse-of-Durand Harry Potter and the Curse of Durand]]'': Ron bangs his head on his desk after realizing that Snape is the sixth year Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. |
| 84 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13563881/88/Harry-Potter-the-Mutant-Obscurus-Gamer Harry Potter the Mutant Obscurus Gamer]]'' (''Franchise/HarryPotter'' & Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse): During the events of ''Film/IronMan2'', Harry has previously viewed Natasha's file, even if not met her personally, he avoids blowing her cover, but his hints are more like bludgeon blows. He says she "Looks like a [[ExactWords Professional with killer thighs]], killer legs, killer arms, killer face and a killer body". Tony does not notice, but does Head Desk when her cover is uncovered. She recorded it and Fury plans on making the look on Stark's face his screensaver. |
| 85 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/6/ Harry Potter and the Rune Stone Path]]'': Professor Babbling bangs her head on a table after hearing that Ron decided to fly his father's car to Hogwarts. |
| 86 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7832676/3/Petunia-s-Boys Petunia's Boys]]'': Lucius bangs his head on a table after realizing that there are so many Muggles that it would take the entire world magical population several centuries to kill them all off. |
| 87 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4081016/2/The-Poker-Game The Poker Game]]'': Harry bangs his head on a table every time a new girl is added to his UnwantedHarem. |
| 88 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10399961/14/Time-Turned-Back Time Turned Back]]'': Gabriel bangs his head on a desk after discovering that magic has declared him the new Heir of Slytherin. |
| 89 | * ''Fanfic/WhenInDoubtObliviate'': During an argument with Remus about why Wormtail was made Secret Keeper instead of him, Sirius bangs his head against the wall of his room in St. Mungo's. |
| 90 | -->'''Remus:''' Oh, that will convince them that you don't have any brain damage... |
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| 92 | [[AC:''Franchise/MyLittlePony'']] |
| 93 | * ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Shining Armor develops a habit of doing this in frustration at the [[WeirdnessMagnet bizarre situations he keeps finding himself in]]. |
| 94 | * ''Fanfic/{{Progress}}'': Has Princess Luna doing this in one chapter. She makes a BadassBoast to a pair of monsters threatening the Cutie Mark Crusaders, only to be frustrated immensely when neither of them recognize her. |
| 95 | -->Both tyrannosaur and megaprimate were treated to the rare sight of a deity in wrath beating her head against the wall. |
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| 97 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'']] |
| 98 | * A frequent occurrence. It has been rationalized that the use of the Shadow Clone Jutsu ("Kage Bunshin no Jutsu") [[{{Fanon}} can defeat a Kage's greatest enemy: paperwork]]. When someone (usually Naruto) points this out to the Third Hokage (or any Kage for that matter), the common reaction is for him to bash his head on his desk repeatedly while muttering "stupid" every single time, usually because he's known that jutsu for ''decades'' and never realized that he could use it for paperwork. |
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| 100 | [[AC:''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']] |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': This trope is Misato's reaction to finding out [[TooMuchInformation more than she ever wanted to know]] about Ritsuko and Commander Ikari's sex life. |
| 102 | * ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': Maya bangs her head against her desk when her simple "How are you doing" question for Ayanami, who is supposed to be technically the most stable pilot, is answered with "I am trying to figure out where to get a banana cream pie and ten gallons of olive oil." |
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| 104 | [[AC:''Series/OddSquad'']] |
| 105 | * ''Fanfic/MyDreamIsYours'': Jamie Jam sets up a card table and a dollhouse with figurines in an attempt to teach Ohlm what a KnockKnockJoke is by talking about a scenario where someone is coming for a visit, knocks on the door, and the two people need to answer the door and let the visitor in. Ohlm asks why the people taking residence in the home can't just look through the peephole to see who it is, and Jamie begins throwing her head against the table repeatedly. |
| 106 | --> '''Ohlm:''' Um, ma'am? You're gonna hurt your head if you keep doing that... ''[chews and swallows a bite of his apple]'' Probably not doing the table much good either... |
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| 108 | [[AC:''Franchise/OnePiece'']] |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': |
| 110 | ** In Chapter 23, Cross does this after Soundbite gives the Teenage Dugong Warrior Squad their name. |
| 111 | ** In Chapter 28, Cross does this after Isaiah, perching on Pierre's head while the latter is in his hybrid form, says "[[Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike I'm on a horse.]]" |
| 112 | ** In Chapter 33, Vice Admiral Jonathan does this when he realizes the full extent of the chaos the Straw Hat Pirates are capable of causing. |
| 113 | ** Chapter 37 has Vivi doing this after [[TestosteronePoisoning Boss]] successfully negotiates with Franky by [[PecFlex flexing]]. |
| 114 | ** In Chapter 42, when Sengoku hears that Admiral Kizaru (with the inadvertent help of Nami) has ended up refracting himself out of the fight, he does this. While in his Buddha form. ''Denting the Gates of Justice in the process.'' |
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| 116 | [[AC:''Anime/PrettyCure'']] |
| 117 | * ''Fanfic/AnythingForFamily'': Nao bangs her head on the wall in guilt, scolding herself for losing four of her siblings. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[AC:''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'']] |
| 120 | * ''Fanfic/ProjectFreelancerPhaseOneGenesis'' features [[DrJerk Dr. Killian's]] reaction when he's told that [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue the Director]] is bringing in more agents after a dangerous mission: |
| 121 | -->Eight ''thump'' more ''thump'' medicals ''thump'' for ''thump'' eight ''thump'' more ''thump'' Freelancers ''thumpthumpthumpthump''. |
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| 123 | [[AC:''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'']] |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/MyAbominableMonsterClassmatesCantBeThisCute'': Jaune "repeatedly tr[ies] to horn duel the table" once he realizes that Nora thinks the "[W]ren" (the W is silent) who he's sleeping with is ''her'' Lie Ren, hence why she snapped at him -- and Penny, who made the same mistake, only realizes the misunderstanding ''after'' Nora has departed to have words with Ren about it. |
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| 126 | [[AC:''Franchise/StarTrek'']] |
| 127 | * In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Insontis}}'', Spock wants to "impact his cranium with the nearest solid object" from the stress of dealing with the de-aged Kirk. |
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| 134 | [[AC:Unsorted]] |
| 135 | * In one segment of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' fic ''Fanfic/TwoTwentyOneB'', Inspector Lestrade becomes interested in the American candy Watson is eating to keep alert on a stake-out. Watson hands him a Tootsie Roll, describing it as a toffee-like chocolate, and Holmes debates the merits of smacking his own head against the nearby wall. |
| 136 | * ''Fanfic/ABriefHistoryOfEquestria'' describes an incident during the unicorn migration to what would eventually become Equestria. Exasperated by the bickering and delays of the aristocracy, Princess Platinum began going up to trees and tapping on them. When questioned, she did not explain her reason until she had found a suitably dense tree, which she began smacking her head against in frustration. On the plus side, they did manage to get some fruit for the caravan. |
| 137 | * ''[[Fanfic/MyLittleAlicorn Bringing Up Blueblood]]'': |
| 138 | -->Blueblood barely resisted the urge to slam his face into the desk. He could tell exactly what most of his day would be filled with. |
| 139 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11420524/1/Choices-Part-I Choices - Part I]]'', Bill bangs his head on a desk after finding out that Ron gave a highly insulting interview about Veela, which gets him killed by Fleur's angry relatives. |
| 140 | * In ''Fanfic/DestinyIsAHazyThing'', Idate starts slamming his head against a pillar when Sasuke wastes time challenging Rock Lee to a fight, especially since Idate knows that Lee is out of his league. |
| 141 | * Dipper starts hitting his head against a tree in ''Fanfic/FakingIt'' when Bill admits that even he has no idea what kind of cover story Dipper can give to get [[spoiler:Ford to stop wondering how his nephew managed to put most of the town to sleep, at least unintentionally]]. |
| 142 | -->'''Bill:''' I don't think ritual sacrifice, or soul destruction, or eating a still-beating human heart could be written off as an "accident". |
| 143 | * ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3535620/7/Insane-Asylum-Escapees Insane Asylum Escapees]]'' has Harry ([[spoiler:who doesn't believe in magic]]) walk out into the dragon arena shirtless with a lawn chair and a tanning mirror, as he thinks the dragons are iguanas on steroids. Cue Remus hitting his head on a book going "Stupid. Stupid. Stupid." with "He's gonna die." thrown in every once in a while. |
| 144 | * In ''Fanfic/LikeARedHeadedStepchild'' Hermione bangs her head on the Gryffindor table after reading a particularly outrageous ''Daily Prophet'' article about the Shrieking Shack encounter with Sirius. |
| 145 | * In ''Fanfic/TheManySecretOriginsOfScootaloo'', Twilight smashes many, many tables as she's subjected to CrackFic after Crack Fic about Scootaloo. Prior to chapter 20's, she summons a pillow in preparation. Then, once the crack starts, she whips the pillow away as a ''threat'' to the table's health. In Chapter 22, Twilight is punished by all the tables she's injured by performing this by being turned into a table herself and [[{{Squick}} having Shining Armor and Cadence have sex on her]]. [[spoiler:It's all a dream.]] |
| 146 | * In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku slams his head against his desk when Bakugou starts screaming at him in the middle of class for not applying to U.A. |
| 147 | %%* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler:The mare Rainbow Dash]] repeatedly smacks her head against a wall at one point. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) |
| 148 | * In ''Surprise!'' after a buxom St. Mungo's receptionist tries to get Harry to autograph her chest, he floos back to Grimmauld Place and bangs his head on a table. |
| 149 | -->'''Harry:''' I. Am. Going. To. Destroy. Witch. Weekly. |
| 150 | * ''Fanfic/SnowWayOut'': Mr. J slams his face on the steering wheel when he realizes he's trapped in a tunnel with Rodney. |
| 151 | * In ''[[Fanfic/TheAlarmaverse Twilight Sparkle and the Strange Case of Old Res]]'', [[spoiler:when the shop owner realizes that his plan to corrupt Twilight Sparkle has failed]] because he misunderstood her, [[spoiler:he starts his VillainousBreakdown with some]]: |
| 152 | -->He dropped his face onto the counter with a loud thud, kicking up another dust cloud.\ |
| 153 | "Oh!" Twilight said. "Are you—"\ |
| 154 | ''"{{Get out}},"'' the stallion hissed. He slammed his face several more times, until dust clouds completely obscured the room, until the wood cracked beneath him. |
| 155 | * In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10301885/5/Two-Halves-Of-A-Whole Two Halves Of A Whole]]'' Harry bangs his head on a table when Andromeda tells him that her and Tonks' reinstatement into the Black family means he not only has to give Remus and Tonks permission to marry but determine the dowry as well. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 159 | * 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 of this and {{Facepalm}}. |
| 160 | * Happens in the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' after Hiro tries to come up with an innovative idea to get into his brother's school. After a subverted HardWorkMontage, the scene cuts to him banging his head on a desk covered with dozens of crumpled pieces of paper. |
| 161 | -->'''Hiro:''' Nothing! ''[bangs head on desk repeatedly]'' No ideas! ''Useless! Empty! Brain!''\ |
| 162 | '''Tadashi:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Wow, washed up at fourteen. So sad.]] |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'': |
| 164 | ** One of the triplets drops his head on the dinner table while listening to Fergus retell his encounter with Mor'du. It would seem that the king is more impressed with the story than his sons are. |
| 165 | ** When Bear Elinor discovers that the berries she got were nightshade berries and the water was full of worms, she drops her head on the makeshift table, causing it to go flying. |
| 166 | * In ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'', Victor bangs his head on the bar counter in response to being told by the woman he accidentally married that he said his vows perfectly. In this case, he's trying to wake himself up from what he thinks is a dream. |
| 167 | * In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'''s DistantEpilogue, Scrat's reaction to his acorn washing out to sea after he has been trapped in an ice block with it for 20,000 years is to rage so hard that he bursts out of the remaining ice, runs for the nearest solid object, and starts banging his head against it. Said object turns out to be a coconut tree when the banging causes one to fall right next to him. |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': Stitch does this when he's in the pound, and actually knocks a brick out of place because of his strength. |
| 169 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'': This is Twilight's reaction after she sees the embarrassing video made by Sunset Shimmer, and she says that no-one is going to vote for her as Princess of the Fall Formal now. |
| 170 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', Tulio is banging his head against a wall to try to figure out a way to escape from Cortez's ship. He appears to get an idea... but just resumes banging. Made funnier when Tulio appears to have a black eye and the wall has ''a dent'' in it. |
| 171 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHKwnUa3txo The DMV sloth scene]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' has Judy punctuating her frustration by banging her head against Flash's desk when she realizes to her horror that the sloth is going to slooooowly share a joke to his fellow sloth. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 175 | * ''Film/TwoThirtySeven'': When Mrs Jacobs refuses to raise [[TheBGrade Marcus's mark from 87% to 90%]] and closes the door on him, he responds by angrily slamming his head against the door. |
| 176 | * ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'': Perfect Tommy lightly bumps his head against the prison bars while Buckaroo is talking to Penny Priddy in jail. The expression on his face and later dialogue indicates that he's doing it out of disbelief that Buckaroo is wasting his time with a woman who tried to kill him. |
| 177 | * ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley'': When [=RKS=] are at a staff meeting, [[MotorMouth Mitre Saw]] starts monologuing about why he [[Franchise/{{Saw}} puts his victims in elaborate life-or-death games]] instead of outright killing them, one of the killers starts slamming his head against the table in aggravation. |
| 178 | * Done a lot in ''Film/ColdTurkey'' as the townspeople go through withdrawal from smoking, most notably a pre-''Series/AllInTheFamily'' Creator/JeanStapleton clonking her head against a tree. |
| 179 | * ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': When the party is about to be tossed into the Highsun Games, Simon is seen repeatedly thudding his head against the wall. |
| 180 | * Dramatic example: In the aftermath of [[spoiler:Smith's death]] in ''Film/EventHorizon'', Miller does a subdued version of this against the nearest wall. [[spoiler:Then he wishes he hadn't.]] |
| 181 | * Tragic example: Solomon Perel just barely returns home safe after the Kristallnacht attacks in ''Film/EuropaEuropa''. But his sister has been killed, and he finds their father slamming his head on the table in grief. |
| 182 | * ''Film/GhostbustersII'' has Ray doing this when he sees that the Ghostbusters' attorney is [[ButtMonkey Louis]]. |
| 183 | -->'''Louis:''' I think you guys are making a big mistake. I do mostly tax law and some probate stuff occasionally. I got my law degree in night school. |
| 184 | -->'''Ray:''' Well, that's fine, Louis. We got arrested at night. (''head desks'') |
| 185 | * ''Film/TheGraduate'' has Ben Braddock doing an "I can't believe I'm doing this" variant against a hotel room wall just before he sleeps with Mrs. Robinson for the first time. |
| 186 | * The priest who hears frequently hears Mannix's confessions in ''Film/HailCaesar''. When he realizes that his penitent is Mannix, he thumps his head against the back of the confessional. |
| 187 | * Phil does a "Head Pillow" variation in ''Film/GroundhogDay'' when after complaining to a psychiatrist that he's [[GroundhogDayLoop reliving the same day over and over in an endless time loop]], the psychiatrist suggests another session. "How does tomorrow sound?... Is that a problem?" |
| 188 | * ''Film/{{Hereditary}}'': PlayedForHorror when [[spoiler:Peter gets possessed in class and smashes his face into his desk twice with enough force to break his nose]]. |
| 189 | * Subverted in ''Film/KickAss''. Dave's mother appears to do this in response to him saying something dumb at the dinner table. As it actually turns out however, she just happened to pick that particular moment to die of a brain aneurysm. |
| 190 | %%* Creator/JimCarrey's character does this in ''Film/LiarLiar''. |
| 191 | * In the 1997 adaptation of ''Film/{{Lolita}}'', a DeletedScene has Humbert convincing Dolores to let him [[AnywhereButTheirLips kiss her on the eyes to remove a speck of dust]]. After she leaves the room, the infatuated pedophile slowly lets his forehead drop down to the desk. |
| 192 | * In ''Film/LoveActually'', after David, the Prime Minister, realizes that he is falling for Natalie, the PM's personal assistant, he nonchalantly tries to find out whether she has a boyfriend. After finding out that she just broke up with him, David offers to send British Special Forces to "take him out", playing it off as a joke. Natalie sees the attempt at humor, grudgingly smiles and leaves his office. David immediately bangs his head on the desk when he realizes just how creepy the "joke" sounded. |
| 193 | * ''Film/NoOneGetsOutAlive'': At one point, [[TheProtagonist Ambar]] sees someone in an upstairs hallway banging their head against a wall. |
| 194 | %%* Creator/SylvesterStallone's character does this in ''Film/{{Oscar|1991}}''. |
| 195 | * ''Film/PoliceAcademy'': After the climax, Tackleberry removes both his sunglasses and motorcycle helmet before he starts banging his head against the hood of a police car for having missed the shoot-out. |
| 196 | * In ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'', Fred slams his head into the Mystery Machine's steering wheel after finding himself on the wrong end of ManipulativeEditing. |
| 197 | * ComicBook/ScottPilgrim does this against a telephone pole in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', after [[spoiler:Ramona breaks up with him]]. It looks seriously painful. He's also doing it [[MickeyMousing in time with the music]]. |
| 198 | %%* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'': Worf's reaction to: "Irving Berlin..." (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; what warrants this reaction?) |
| 199 | %%* Characters do versions of this in both the western comedy ''Film/SupportYourLocalSheriff'' and its non-sequel followup ''Support Your Local Gunfighter'' (against a tree-branch and a wall-beam, respectively). (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) |
| 200 | * ''Film/TalkToMe'' provides another PlayedForHorror example when [[spoiler:Riley]] is possessed by a spirit conjured during a party game, and smashes his face to a pulp. He also tries to [[EyeScream pluck out his own eye]]. |
| 201 | * In ''Film/{{UHF}}'', when George is confronted by Teri about having lost yet ''another'' job after coming home near the beginning... though he seems to do it in [[SarcasmMode sarcasm]]. |
| 202 | %%* ''Film/TheWholeNineYards'' and its sequel, with more violent head-on-wall banging, ''The Whole Ten Yards''. Dramatic and played for laughs in one go. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) |
| 203 | * During the ImpostorExposingTest in ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'', Gary bashes his head repeatedly against a support beam to prove that he hasn't been replaced by a "blank" and to [[spoiler:avoid showing a scar on his arm as a proof because the others would also see that he tried to commit suicide]]. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 207 | * Creator/JohnGrisham's ''The Appeal'': This is how F. Clyde Hardin's final scene (once he learns the verdict in the final judgement) plays out, when he passes out after another drink. |
| 208 | * ''Barefoot Boy with Cheek'' by Max Shulman: |
| 209 | -->I was all shaky inside as we entered Fflliikkiinnenn's room. He was standing in a corner beating his head methodically against the wall. "He's toughening up for the football season," Roger whispered. |
| 210 | * ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'': Basil gets in on this in the aftermath of the Hastur Arc, when his girlfriend Prisca -- who has spent most of her life crippled and confined to a hospital bed -- [[spoiler:finally manifests powers of her own: to create a FlyingBrick body to inhabit while her real body is sleeping -- and she's gorgeous like this by the way. She proceeds to fly to Basil's bedroom and try seduce him, except he refuses on account of the fact that she's essentially drunk on power and not thinking straight. She reluctantly agreed and leaves]]... and he begins banging his against the wall in regret. |
| 211 | -->'''Amy:''' That's no reason to punish the wall with your thick head. |
| 212 | * Implied at the end of the Doby Gillis story "Her Face Was Familiar, But...", in which Doby is constantly interrupted every time he tries to find out the name of the girl he started dating (she doesn't realize that he hasn't learned her name, and he's too proud to come right out and ask). He finally gets his chance when they go on a date to the radio studio, and he's chosen to participate in a trivia contest. He lets her take his place so that he can hear her give her name at the end, even though he is very upset to learn that not only was the trivia on a topic he knew very well (the meanings of names, of all things), but the prize money was triple what it normally would have been. He's still cheered up when he learns that her name is Mary Alice. Then, he takes her home and she gives the last line of the story: |
| 213 | -->"[[spoiler:Why, you know perfectly well I didn't give my real name.]] Doby! Why are you beating your head against the wall?" |
| 214 | * ''Literature/KittyNorville'' sometimes takes advantage of her radio talk show's format to indulge in this during or after a particularly inane[=/=]frustrating call. Needless to say, when a [[AnimalWrongsGroup PETA shill]] gets through during her (voluntary) TV debut complete with studio audience in ''Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand''... |
| 215 | -->*thump*\ |
| 216 | ''[[[BeatPanel silence]]]''\ |
| 217 | '''Kitty:''' Sorry, you weren't supposed to see that. |
| 218 | * In ''[[Literature/JunieBJones That Meanie Jim's Birthday]]'', Junie B.'s father resorts to this after he and her mother try to console Junie B. about not being invited to Jim's birthday party and Junie B. says that she's going to move to the "It's a Small World" ride in [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld Disney World]]. |
| 219 | * Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms One Good Knight]]'' has a referenced one where a [[ItMakesSenseInContext cross-dressing knight]] and rescued princess (who are both virgins) encounter a quartet of (related) talking unicorns that want to accompany them. The knight is... less than happy about this. |
| 220 | -->"Cousin? Why is the Warrior Maiden beating her forehead upon the tree?" |
| 221 | * In ''Literature/TrickstersDuet'', protagonist Aly is acting as TheSpymaster for a rebellion against a corrupt court. To get information from the palace, she hides a whole bunch of magical creatures called darkings; little, sentient black black blobs that are excellent at hiding and eavesdropping. Less than an hour after doing so, she's confronted by a FriendlyEnemy who discovered the youngest darking when it decided to go and play with the three-year-old king it was spying on. It's all Aly can do to stay in character and not immediately start banging her head against a wall. |
| 222 | [[/folder]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 225 | !!!'''Creators:''' |
| 226 | * Creator/GordonRamsay employs this trope in cooking shows: |
| 227 | ** He has only this reaction in an episode of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' when the cooks of Fiesta Sunrise manage to set flame to a plate of nachos. |
| 228 | ** In ''Series/HellsKitchen'', repeatedly, when Jason from Season 4 keeps messing up soufflés and then tells Gordon that he's going to try brushing sugar and cocoa powder around the rims of the ramekins to keep them from sticking. For non-chefs among readers, this is one of the '''first''' things you should do when making a soufflé. This may be why, in the next scene, he is complaining that he's got a fucking headache. |
| 229 | ** He does this in the final episode of the first season of ''Series/HotelHell'' after the owner, who is also acting as the head chef, is unable to serve him a proper soft-boiled egg. |
| 230 | !!!'''Series:''' |
| 231 | * ''Series/AllyMcBeal'': At one point, the main character makes her head meet desk a few times, saying "I have my health" every time. |
| 232 | * ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In "[[Recap/BlackadderS4E2CorporalPunishment Corporal Punishment]]", Blackadder is on trial and, when Baldrick is called as a witness, tells him, "Deny everything!" Baldrick [[LiteralMinded takes him literally]] and denies his own name and position within the British army. Cut to Blackadder bashing his head against the table. |
| 233 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E16BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]]", Xander Harris, after unwittingly unleashing a love spell on the entire female community of Sunnydale, tries to seek refuge inside Buffy's home while getting Cordy out of harm's way. When Joyce suddenly tries to lead him on, he bangs his head on the table. |
| 234 | -->'''Xander:''' ''[exasperated]'' ''Whatever!'' |
| 235 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 236 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]": After schoolteacher Danny Pink messes up his chance to [[NotADate go with Clara Oswald to a party]], he bemoans his mistake out loud and repeatedly bangs his head on the desk [[HowMuchDidYouHear until he realises that Clara is standing in the doorway]], watching with amusement. |
| 237 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen Listen]]": Danny does it again after saying the wrong thing to Clara in the middle of their date, causing her to storm off. |
| 238 | ** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall Spyfall]]": [[spoiler:The Master]] smacks his forehead against [[spoiler:the console of his TARDIS]] several times when he realizes that the Doctor isn't dead after he had one of his sort-of-minions attack her. |
| 239 | * During another crazy situation at ''Series/FawltyTowers'', Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil expresses disbelief at what's happened and Basil snaps that he doesn't believe it either, so maybe it's all just a dream, and then bangs his head repeatedly on his desk. Since it's not a dream, he resumes what he's doing to try and solve this latest calamity. |
| 240 | * ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'': Right before Ruff meets Blossom in "Ruff Ruffman Breaks the Mold", he does this for a split second when he accidentally sends a letter (intended for the Mold Maker) to every newspaper in America. As a result, the Board of Health plans to shut down his show. |
| 241 | * ''Series/{{Glee}}'': In "[[Recap/GleeS1E13Sectionals Sectionals]]", Artie does a full-body version of this in a wheelchair when [[spoiler:the club realizes that their set list's been stolen]]. [[spoiler:Emma]] even mentions on the phone that it's been going on for a few minutes. |
| 242 | * An episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has MommasBoy cop Sgt. Mick Belker realize he forgot his mother's birthday and so doesn't have a present to give her, so he begins softly banging his head on the keys of his typewriter and moaning, "Stupid," to himself with each hit. |
| 243 | * In one episode of ''Series/JuliesGreenroom'', Hank bangs his head on his piano in frustration when collaborating on a song with Spike isn't going as smoothly as either of them had hoped. |
| 244 | * ''Series/TheLifeAndLovesOfASheDevil'' has a very drunken priest seemingly hitting his head on the table to clear it enough to string sentences together. |
| 245 | %%* ''Series/{{Limitless}}'': Some of the first NZT test subjects are shown doing this to the point of blood on the wall. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why are they doing it? |
| 246 | * ''Series/LostLoveInTimes'': Yuan Li hits his head against a table when Cai Qian loses the archery contest. |
| 247 | * ''Series/MadMen'': This is Peggy Olson's reaction in Season 4 when she finds out that Pete Campbell's wife is pregnant. |
| 248 | %%** Pete does a facewall (for when facepalms are not enough) in Season 4. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) |
| 249 | * ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': This scene from "The Stepford Peg": |
| 250 | -->''[there is a knock at the door]''\ |
| 251 | '''Al:''' Pumpkin, can you see who's at that door?\ |
| 252 | ''[Kelly stares at the door intently]''\ |
| 253 | '''Kelly:''' ...[[DumbBlonde No. Maybe I need glasses.]]\ |
| 254 | '''Al:''' ''[headdesk]'' |
| 255 | * ''Literature/{{Nostromo}}'': Dr. Monygham feels guilt because in the last revolution, while under torture, he gave the names of people who were then executed (actually the people he named weren't revolutionaries at all; he just named them to protect the real ones). In prison and believing he'll be tortured once again, he bangs his head against the wall, saying each time, [[SurvivalMantra "This time I]] ''[[SurvivalMantra will]]'' [[SurvivalMantra hold out!"]] |
| 256 | * ''Series/{{Reba}}'': In one episode, Reba has to work for her obnoxious ex-husband and his equally irritating new wife: |
| 257 | -->'''Reba:''' You know how when Barbara Jean and Brock come over and visit for, like, 10 minutes, then I come in here and bang my head against the refrigerator? I've been with them for 8 hours today! ''[points to forehead]'' Touch it! It's still hot! |
| 258 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'': |
| 259 | ** In "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIICassandra Cassandra]]", while Rimmer is explaining to Lister that the latter has accidentally signed himself (and, unbeknownst to Rimmer, the other main characters) into a suicide squad, partway through the explanation, Lister starts banging his head on a table. |
| 260 | ** Rimmer himself does this in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper Stoke Me a Clipper]]" when Ace's face appears onscreen. |
| 261 | %%* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Dr. Cox does a variant on this in one episode, where he takes the liftable entry part of the desk and slams it into his head. Repeatedly. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why does he do it?) |
| 262 | * ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': In the 7-minute special "[[Recap/SherlockS03E00ManyHappyReturns Many Happy Returns]]", Lestrade does one when Anderson tells him about another sighting of Sherlock. |
| 263 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': |
| 264 | ** Played for horror in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS07E15RepoMan Repo Man]]", when Hallucifer, annoyed because Sam is trying to ignore him, creates a hallucination in which everyone starts banging their heads on the desk until their faces are a bloody pulp. |
| 265 | ** Played for laughs in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural ScoobyNatural]]", when [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred]] bangs his head against a tree when Sam and Dean tell the gang that they hunt for real supernatural beings. |
| 266 | --->'''Fred:''' We've been stopping real estate developers when we could have been hunting Dracula?! |
| 267 | * ''Series/ThreesCompany'': Jack (and sometimes, Janet) sometimes does this when Chrissy [[InsaneTrollLogic tries to prove a point]]. |
| 268 | * ''Series/TheWestWing'': President Bartlet does [[http://youtu.be/cYQdogPMuRc this]] ''on the Resolute desk'' after being tormented for hours by the [[SarcasmMode thrilling]] tales of an OldSoldier-esque retired diplomat while stuck in the Oval Office waiting on the phone during an international crisis. |
| 269 | * ''Series/TheWizard'': Simon mentions "trying to punch a hole through the wall with [his] head" to a robot he built. This leads to the robot lasering a hole out of said wall a few inches from his head. |
| 270 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'', "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E08TheRainKing Rain King]]": Daryl Mootz seems to be a real deal Rain King who is able to bring rain to dried out farms. When the person who is really affecting the weather stops feeling guilty for him, Daryl's show doesn't work any more. When he learns the sum people are suing him for, he bangs his head on the desk. |
| 271 | * ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' has this sketch: |
| 272 | -->'''Lisa Ruddy:''' Oh, Mom, it was LoveAtFirstSight.\ |
| 273 | '''Valerie Prevert:''' I know what you mean, dear. It was the same thing when I met your father. ''[the slovenly Senator Prevert scratches himself and belches]''\ |
| 274 | '''Lisa:''' ''[turns around and starts banging her head on the wall]'' |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 278 | * Miss Piggy does this to her office desk in ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' after finding out the other Muppets managed to sneak into her office with a PaperThinDisguise. |
| 279 | -->'''Miss Piggy:''' I can't ''believe'' I fell for [[TotemPoleTrench Muppet Man]]! |
| 280 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' character Don Music, a frustrated composer, has a habit of slamming his forehead on the keys of his piano. Which is why you don't see him on ''Sesame Street'' anymore. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 284 | * Done in one ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' battle report: A Chaos SpaceMarine leader wallbanged his metal forehead against the inner wall of a bunker in response to his units' abysmal accuracy. |
| 285 | * Chuubo's emotion XP in the Glass-Maker's Dragon campaign for ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'' is given as "FacePalm / Head-Desk," meaning that if, during play, you bury your face in your hands or smack it onto your character sheet in a comically overstated display of exasperation at whatever display of hapless goofiness Chuubo just pulled off, his player gets an experience point. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 289 | * Charlie Brown does this in ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'', during the song "LittleKnownFacts" (when Lucy incorrectly explains "little known facts" to Linus, including that an elm grows into an oak and that sparrows grow into eagles that are eaten on Christmas and Thanksgiving). She does this rather than explain the truth to Linus. Finally, Charlie Brown can't take it anymore... |
| 290 | -->'''Charlie Brown:''' Oh good grief! ''[runs off-stage]''\ |
| 291 | '''Linus:''' Lucy? Why is Charlie Brown banging his head against a tree?\ |
| 292 | '''Lucy:''' To loosen the bark so the tree will grow faster.\ |
| 293 | '''Linus:''' Oh. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 297 | * In ''2 Tasty'' Cole bangs his head on a wall after he invites Libby to a local bar instead of [[CantSpitItOut telling her he likes her]]. |
| 298 | * A decidedly non-comedic instance can be found in ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'''s' [[BedlamHouse Comstock House]], where inmates may weakly bounce their heads, encased in masks of the Founding Fathers, off of surfaces in an attempt to ease their torment. |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/BurgerAndFrights'': One the third ride down the street, the guy who drives by you in his car can be seen banging his head against the steering wheel. |
| 300 | * Not really done to express annoyance, but ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' has Isaac come across a guy randomly doing this in a part of the ''USG Ishimura''. The guy is just standing in the hallway beating his head against a wall, with more blood coming out with every hit. Eventually, he hits his head against it hard enough that ''it kills him''. And when his corpse is on the ground you can see that there was ''nothing'' left inside him, all of his intestines had apparently been ripped out. |
| 301 | * Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' at the end of ''Shadowbringers''' Patch 5.3 story. [[spoiler:The Scions spent InUniverse years in The First, an alternate world from the Source, while their friend, [[PlayerCharacter the Warrior of Light]], could teleport freely. It's a few days after they finally recover getting back into their bodies that Alisaie smacks her head on the table and is utterly depressed that Thancred, Urianger, and Y'Shtola have the same gear they had from their time on the First, but now in the Source, while she's languished for years as a [[TheRedMage Red Mage]].]] |
| 302 | * ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'': |
| 303 | ** Trevor is reduced to banging his head into a wooden pallet when he realizes that [[spoiler:the government's top-secret, ultra-precious "cargo" he just stole is '''A NUCLEAR BOMB''', and as a result, he cannot sell the payload without getting the government on his ass]]. |
| 304 | ** In ''Grand Theft Auto Online'', Trevor once again bangs his head against something, this time a tree. [[spoiler:After completing his Heists -- which involves stealing drugs or drug-making materials from various factions around San Andreas -- Trevor meets with his buyer... who turns out to be an undercover government agent. Trevor is forced to flee the sting and, after getting to safety, bangs his head off a tree while sobbing at the failure of his plans.]] |
| 305 | * In ''VideoGame/Kindergarten2'', the protagonist and Nugget get their hands on a box of Nugget's TrademarkFavoriteFood chicken nuggets. Unfortunately, they turn out to be cold, causing Nugget to start banging his head against the wall in despair. When the protagonist suggests warming them up in a microwave, Nugget agrees... and then promptly resumes banging his head against the wall anyway. By the time the protagonist returns, Nugget's forehead is bleeding, and if you take too long, he will outright ''die'' from headbutting the wall for too long. |
| 306 | * In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' Citadel DLC, you can encounter Wrex lamenting [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor getting to sire half of Tuchanka]] after the Genophage Cure. He's swarmed day and night by eager newly-fertile females who want their firstborn by his seed. His poor quad are so achy he needs an icepack for them. While complaining to Shepard, he drops his headplate on the bar table repeatedly, each time with a resounding, glass-rattling '''*THUD*''' |
| 307 | * PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' by [[spoiler:Otacon, who appears to take his step-sister's death well-ish, but suddenly [[TearJerker breaks into this]] before Snake tells him to get it together]]. |
| 308 | * In the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' fan game ''Phoenix Drive'', Phoenix does this while claiming to be the culprit for the murder Larry is on trial for. |
| 309 | -->'''Phoenix:''' I hated her! Whooo!! Wanted to murder it! Whooo!! |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'' games: |
| 311 | ** [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] sometimes does this if he has a bad hand. Especially hilarious because he doesn't say a thing during it, he just has this ''look'' while he slams his head into his cards and chips. |
| 312 | ** [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]] does this in ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'' while saying "Crap!" repeatedly. |
| 313 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Spellforce}}'', to get your siege units to use their anti-building attacks against buildings, you have to set them next to the buildings ''without'' ordering them to attack -- otherwise, they'll bang their heads against the walls (as they melee attack the buildings). |
| 314 | * The ending of ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2000'' sees ComicBook/DoctorOctopus start banging his head against the bars of his cell while Rhino erroneously gloats about beating ComicBook/{{Mysterio}}, ComicBook/{{Scorpion}}, and a bank robber at Go Fish. One of the things that show that ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro'' is an ImmediateSequel is that Ock is ''still'' doing this when Hammerhead and Shocker, in the cell across from them with Electro, ask Ock and ''his'' cellmates if they know Go Fish. |
| 315 | * ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': Bob bashes his head against a wall with enough force to leave a massive crack and knock himself out cold in his ''6'' ending after finding out that [[WeightWoe he has lost weight]]. |
| 316 | * ''VideoGame/VoidBastards'': When your MissionControl tells you that you need to register your freshly forged citizen card with HR, and that the HR computer has been stolen, your BoxedCrook will slam their head onto the keyboard of the computer they are using with a "KLONK" sound. |
| 317 | * In ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', Majima does this '''''8 times''''' just to make an elevator work while the gang of Kiryu Kazuma, Daigo Dojima, Makoto Date and The Florist of Sai are in Purgatory. He even reels back and makes everyone anticipate his insane headbutts. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 321 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 322 | ** Manfred von Karma does this in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', while [[spoiler:ranting about how Edgeworth and his father gave him a scar on his shoulder and a penalty on his record, respectively, and vowing to bury Edgeworth with his own hands]]. |
| 323 | ** Gumshoe pulls a wall bang (off screen) in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations Trials and Tribulations]]'' when Phoenix and Maya tell him that Maggey hates him for betraying her. |
| 324 | ** PlayedForDrama in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]''. [[spoiler:When Apollo finds out that Dhurke, his adopted father who saved his life several times over, has died, he goes into a HeroicBSOD and slams his head into the defense bench in despair.]] |
| 325 | * In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Hisao does this late in Rin's route after they have an argument, blaming himself for things going wrong. |
| 326 | %%* The PlayerCharacter in ''VisualNovel/PlanetsTheLifeOfNormalcyHasEnded'' indulges in this with a brick wall, and ends up bleeding. (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample; why are they doing it?) |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 330 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}} Teh Movie Too'' has a random CutawayGag with someone saying "BREAK TIME" repeatedly while bashing his head against a desk. |
| 331 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Strong Bad gets this every so often in the course of a Recap/StrongBadEmail. |
| 332 | ** In "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE35Sisters sisters]]", Strong Bad face-desks onto his keyboard after accidentally deleting an e-mail from a girl, an action which somehow types "head hit keyboard" onto his screen. |
| 333 | ** At the end of "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE118Virus virus]]", Strong Bad repeatedly bangs his head against his desk while mourning the loss of the Compy, which Bubs shot with a shotgun [[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to save Free Country USA from an infestation of computer viruses]]. |
| 334 | ** In a "deleted scene" from the email "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE169FromWork from work]]", Strong Bad hits his keyboard so hard that it knocks the caption off the screen. And not his computer screen, but [[BreakingTheFourthWall the cartoon's screen]]. |
| 335 | * ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Brittnay and Than are shown to bang their heads against the lockers if fed up enough. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 339 | * In ''Webcomic/AlienHandSyndrome'', Erin bangs her head on café tables a couple of times in response to Mina's unadventurous eating habits. |
| 340 | * Merlin does it in [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2299.htm a strip of]] ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', apparently because he missed something obvious [[spoiler:but really because [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2306.htm Nimue did]].]] |
| 341 | * In ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', Mary and Sue use their TwinTelepathy to [[AsYouKnow debrief]] each other. When [[GenkiGirl Mary]] goes off on a [[WallofBlather tangent]] about [[LoveInterests Elly]], Sue does this to shut it off. It gets worse when Sue "calls" Mary and realizes that she's talking to someone about when they went through puberty. |
| 342 | * In ''Webcomic/TehGladiators'', this is OnlySaneMan Gorrok's second favorite method (behind {{Facepalm}}) of expressing his disgust/despair with his companions' idiotic antics. |
| 343 | * ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2746 Dabbler starts bonking her head]] on Zeph's desk after Sydney points out that there was a much simpler solution to a problem "the most intelligent being on the planet" was overthinking. |
| 344 | -->'''Zeph:''' Don't dent my desk with your horns. |
| 345 | * Some characters in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' use a variation. They hit their heads against their keyboards once, then use their left hand to hammer their forehead in. |
| 346 | * In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', [[http://kevinandkell.com/2002/kk0904.html George goes to a Carrot Computers meeting posing as a rabbit]], and is smitten with a fellow fennec fox named Zerda Zenith. Unfortunately, [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Zerda says to George's face that she dislikes Fennec foxes in general]] (except for Fiona) and George Fennec in particular, much to his chagrin. Oblivious to [[RightInFrontOfMe George's true identity]], she leaves thinking he's tapping his foot out of affection for her when he's actually banging his head on the table. |
| 347 | * When Gary, in ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', is informed that a girl he's interested in isn't a lesbian, she just doesn't have sex with men, [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/do-not-be-silly a head-to-table reaction may be quite understandable.]] |
| 348 | * ''Webcomic/RobberXLover'': When Ji Ho calls Gang Dojin a robber, the latter slams his head against a wall in frustration. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Websites]] |
| 352 | * ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'': |
| 353 | ** In [[http://notalwaysright.com/their-mind-is-blank-cheque/60196 "Their Mind Is Blank (Cheque)"]], the narrator does this when the person they're assisting reveals that they thought cheques were like cards and that the customer who paid with it would be charged twice. |
| 354 | ** And the end of [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-sweet-resolution/79092/ "A Sweet Resolution"]], where it's revealed that the "static" the person calling tech support needed help with was actually just them opening a candy wrapper. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 358 | * Michael of ''Creator/AchievementHunter'' does this ''onto his mic'' after accidentally pressing the Escape button while playing ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3''. |
| 359 | * In the ''WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames Friendship Games]]'' video, [=KeyFrame=] and [[Creator/WilliamGrubb DaWillstanator]] have the movie stop and rewind the first time they hear the term "pony up". Then (probably taking their inspiration from ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'''s [=AnimatedJames=] below), [=DaWillstanator=] smashes his head against the desk. Followed by [=KeyFrame=] doing the same, except she first pulls out a pillow. |
| 360 | * ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'': |
| 361 | ** This is a RunningGag for [=AnimatedJames=], starting with the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Rainbow Rocks]]'' review, especially whenever Flash Sentry is mentioned. In the "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]" video, James again takes note of doing it... "not too hard this time". And then he writes "BANG HEAD ON TABLE REALLY REALLY HARD" when he notices the FreezeFrameBonus MediumShiftGag. |
| 362 | ** [=ACRacebest=] himself does this unintentionally in the Season 7 premiere, which is so hard, he ''cracked the table he banged his head at''. |
| 363 | * In one of the rare instances where Creator/LewisLovhaug is on camera for ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers'' is during the video for ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', with footage of his banging his head against a wall used to vent his feelings of Dax's idiocy at not stopping Miratrix and later [[QuestionableCasting his reaction to Alpha 6 not being voiced by]] Alpha 5's voice actor Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz or even 6's earlier voice actresses Caterina Lucciani or Creator/WendeeLee. |
| 364 | * A running gag in some of ''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''s reviews is that he does this while saying "I hate this...I hate this...I hate this..." usually reacting to a message he doesn't like in a cartoon. |
| 365 | * ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': |
| 366 | ** Happens in many episodes, as the Critic reviews in front of a desk. It happens so often that his "desk" is actually a massage table, padded so he can safely bash his head against it and then dub in the thud effects later. In particular, the beginning of his ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS2E6 review]] has him slamming his head into his desk in an attempt to [[BrainBleach forget what he just saw]]. |
| 367 | ** Upgrades to slamming his head against a wall in [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS3E27 his review of]] ''Film/{{The Room|2003}}'', in response to the scene where Mark is still surprised at being invited by Lisa to cheat on her with Johnny for the ''fourth'' time. |
| 368 | * ''WebVideo/PhantomStrider'': |
| 369 | ** Strider's reaction to the songs from ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' in his [[https://youtu.be/8npYjPV1Bvo Top 10 Worst Disney Movies video]]. |
| 370 | ** He's also hit his head on his keyboard [[DespairEventHorizon in despair]] on [[https://youtu.be/KGLmgvEsuW8 two]] [[https://youtu.be/7UnKLOWDNpY occasions]] when bringing up "[[Recap/RenAndStimpyAPC1x02RenSeeksHelp Ren Seeks Help]]". |
| 371 | * PlayedForLaughs in the ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'' episode "Wizard Angst", where Harry is banging his head against a wall while chanting "angst" over and over again. |
| 372 | %% * WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows employs this too -- though in his case it's headkeyboard. |
| 373 | * ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' takes the head-banging-on-a-piano scene from ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (see Western Animation, below) and redubs it to add plenty of ComicallyMissingThePoint. |
| 374 | -->'''Sweetie Belle:''' Yeah, I just sold your scooter and bought some cheap knockoffs at the store.\ |
| 375 | '''Scootaloo:''' <Really?>\ |
| 376 | '''Sweetie Belle:''' Yeah.\ |
| 377 | '''Scootaloo:''' <Will you please excuse me for a moment?>\ |
| 378 | '''Sweetie Belle:''' Sure, okay.\ |
| 379 | ''[Scootaloo smashes her face into the piano keyboard repeatedly]''\ |
| 380 | '''Sweetie Belle:''' What'd you do that for?\ |
| 381 | '''Scootaloo:''' <Being in this group makes me want to cry.>\ |
| 382 | '''Sweetie Belle:''' Well, maybe you wouldn't feel so bad if you didn't hit your head on the piano.\ |
| 383 | ''[beat]''\ |
| 384 | ''[Sweetie Belle smiles at Scootaloo]''\ |
| 385 | ''[Scootaloo resumes smashing her head against the keyboard]''\ |
| 386 | '''Sweetie Belle:''' I like that noise, though. Totally brutal. |
| 387 | * Popular Website/YouTube vloggers Music/{{Hank|Green}} and Creator/JohnGreen (known collaboratively by their channel name of WebVideo/VlogBrothers) sometimes do this in their videos to express dismay at the idiocy of the average Internet user or other frustrations. Especially John has been known to do this from time to time. "Huaaaa--hh HEADDESK!" (after which he had a bruise, and had to end the video). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCY4dup3-M In one video]] John performs a headdesk to the extent that he wonders (possibly jokingly) if he's given himself a concussion and pretends to have memory loss through the remainder of the video. |
| 388 | * ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'': Nash takes this to an extreme during the pre-recorded episode "This Is All Your Fault (The Return!)"; he goes out to his garden shed, busts out the power tools, and ''builds a section of wall'' specifically for him to bash his head against in protest of the stupid. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 392 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': |
| 393 | ** Jimmy Neutron does this when he can't think of a script for a movie. |
| 394 | ** In one episode, Jimmy and Cindy are forced to work together for a science project -- find the sunken ship ''The Oozing Scab'' and its treasure. After going through heck to find it, they finally retrieve the treasure chest, supposedly full of valuables. [[spoiler:It turns out to be full of saltwater taffy.]] Cue headdesk. |
| 395 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheEmberIslandPlayers The Ember Island Players]]": Aang slams his head on a balcony banister after being a little too forward with Katara about his feelings. |
| 396 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' has Batman (who's tied up) slam his head on a table while Harley Quinn is singing in the "Harlequinade" episode. |
| 397 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' episode "The Courting of Ms. [=McBrisk=]", Cordless, a teenager who has a crush on the episode's titular character, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8bL1blPDw&t=405s bangs his head on the floor]] and repeats her ScreenName. He is unhappy because Granny stopped lending her laptop to him, and he was secretly contacting [=McBrisk=] with a fake dating profile. |
| 398 | %%* WesternAnimation/DangerMouse does it at least once. |
| 399 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E12TopDuck Top Duck]]", Launchpad is upset over crashing during an air show and begins banging his head on his plane, [[WellDoneSonGuy stopping only to lament his mother and father seeing him do it]]. Then Louie adds that his sister also saw it. Launchpad goes back to head-banging and Dewey gives Louie a DopeSlap. |
| 400 | * Done literally by AJ in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' at the end of the episode "Shelf Life" after Crocker gives him an "F" on his book report (thanks to Timmy changing the stories of the books). |
| 401 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'': In "Monster on Trial", Max Schneider does this when [[spoiler:the judge declares him guilty in favor of old lady Fresno, who faked whiplash after Reggie accidentally bumped into her while taking Driver's Ed]]. |
| 402 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/KaelooS1E15LetsPlayPrinceCharming Let's Play Prince Charming]]", Mr. Cat does this after Quack Quack answers a bunch of ridiculously difficult questions -- and the desk has a buzzer on it which, when pressed, gives Quack Quack an electric shock. |
| 403 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', Daffy Duck does this when Bugs Bunny says that he didn't make a parade float. |
| 404 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E4TheSweetSpotATaleOfTwoTables The Sweet Spot]]", Lincoln does this in a FlashbackCut when he is sitting next to a speaker in the family van playing a romantic song his parents danced to at their prom. |
| 405 | * In the ''ComicBook/MonsterAllergy'' episode "The Horn of Kong", Magnacat (in human form) bangs his head on his desk repeatedly after finding out that he's spent so much money on evil schemes that his company has gone bankrupt. |
| 406 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' uses this fairly often: |
| 407 | ** Rarity beats her head against a mannequin in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]" after Rainbow Dash tells her that the Gala outfit she's making "needs to be about [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome 20% cooler]]" without giving any actual details. |
| 408 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E18TheShowStoppers The Show Stoppers]]", Scootaloo bangs her head against the piano when she has difficulty composing the Cutie Mark Crusaders' song for the talent show. |
| 409 | ** Apple Bloom does this in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Hearts and Hooves Day]]" when she realizes that she and her fellow Crusaders have turned Cheerilee and Big Mac into "a couple o' nonsense-spouting-nincompoops." |
| 410 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]", Twilight Sparkle bangs her head against a tabletop when Pinkie Pie insists on trying to befriend Cranky Doodle Donkey, despite Twilight trying to convince Pinkie that maybe he just wants to be left alone. Twilight has a book in front of her at the time. Cue jokes by the fans that Twilight has just joined Website/{{Facebook}}. |
| 411 | ** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]", Pinkie thumps her head against a giant mushroom being used as an outdoor cafe table, having realized just how big of a mess she's made by creating so many duplicates of herself. |
| 412 | ** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem A Royal Problem]]": |
| 413 | *** Starlight Glimmer bangs her head in frustration against the desk supporting "Ballerina Twilight", making the music box jump. |
| 414 | *** Princess Luna later slams her face against the diner table after realizing that doing Celestia's job isn't that easy. |
| 415 | ** "[[Trivia/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E24UncommonBond Uncommon Bond]]": Starlight Glimmer again, while Sunburst and Twilight are gushing over the antiques they've bought after a lengthy stay at the shop, during which Starlight is bored out of her skull. |
| 416 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E1 Das Mouse]]", the Brain appoints Pinky to disguise the bad taste of hypnotic sapo in his pancake recipe. Later, when they are making the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' rise, Pinky keeps trying to ask the Brain about the "icky stuff that tastes bad" in the recipe, but the Brain keeps telling him, "Cut it out!" Finally, after the pancake jamboree is held... |
| 417 | -->'''Brain:''' Tell me, Pinky, your pancake batter -- how did you manage to hide the bitter taste of the hypnotic sapo?\ |
| 418 | '''Pinky:''' Well, like you said, I cut it out.\ |
| 419 | '''Brain:''' Cut what out?\ |
| 420 | '''Pinky:''' That hypnotic stuff tasted terrible, Brain. So, like you said, I cut it out.\ |
| 421 | ''[the Brain walks up to a test tube and repeatedly hits his head against it]''\ |
| 422 | '''Pinky:''' Ooh, Brain, that looks painful. |
| 423 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "[[Recap/ReadyJetGoS2E12WhoMessedUpTheTreehouseFactOrFiction Fact or Fiction?]]", Sean does an epic one when Jet rules in favor of Lillian in the KangarooCourt. |
| 424 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In "[[Recap/RenAndStimpy1x03SpaceMadnessTheBoyWhoCriedRat Space Madness]]", Ren bangs his head on the table after seeing the FoodPills Stimpy presents. |
| 425 | -->'''Ren:''' THAT'S IT! I NEED SOME ''REAL FOOD''! |
| 426 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' has Sparks performing this while Captain Murphy rambles on about a video game. |
| 427 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 428 | ** When Bart is on a mission to get his soul back after selling it in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E4BartSellsHisSoul Bart Sells His Soul]]", the Comic Book Guy tells him he sold it to someone else. He then tells Bart to stop banging his head on the display case, as it contains a rare ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'' in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. |
| 429 | ** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXII Treehouse of Horror XXII]]" segment "In the Na'vi", which parodies ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', Milhouse does this to a tree after the second time the Rigelian girl berates him. |
| 430 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': |
| 431 | ** Stan bangs his head on the desk in "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E7Pinkeye Pinkeye]]" when he is stuck dressed as [[Literature/RaggedyAnn Raggedy Andy]]. He was supposed to pair with Wendy, who would dress as Raggedy Ann, but she ditched her costume after realizing how stupid she would look. [[JerkAss She thought Stan would reach the same conclusion.]] |
| 432 | ** In the episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E12HookedOnMonkeyFonics Hooked on Monkey Fonics]]", Kyle falls in love with the {{Homeschooled Kid|s}} Rebecca, who is unfamiliar with the public school system. When he asks her to come to the dance, she says that she might see him there. Kyle explains that he meant going to the dance with him, but Rebecca explains that there is no need for that since her father will drive her there. Once she leaves the room, Kyle bangs his head against her chair. |
| 433 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': |
| 434 | ** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E8SandysRocketSqueakyBoots Squeaky Boots]]", Mr. Krabs does this several times when the sound of [=SpongeBob=]'s squeaking boots becomes too much for him to bear. |
| 435 | ** The episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo Krusty Krab Training Video]]" has Squidward bang his head against the cash register after asking [[TheDitherer Patrick]] if he wants his Krabby Patty for here or to go. |
| 436 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'': At the end of the short "[[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS0E1TheSearchForKaz The Search for Kaz]]", BB-8 drops his magnetically-attached head-dome against the floor after, having been sent out by Yeager to look for Kaz, he returns to the repair shop to find Kaz there... and Kaz, unaware of what BB was just sent out to do, [[HereWeGoAgain asks him to go out and find Yeager]]. |
| 437 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 438 | ** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E32FusionCuisine Fusion Cuisine]]": Connie plants her face into the table when Steven tells Connie's parents that Alexandrite (the fusion of Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl) works on an apple farm. Her mother then chastises her for putting her head on the table. |
| 439 | ** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E2TheTrial The Trial]]": Steven tries to explain how [[spoiler:he thinks the shattering of Pink Diamond went down]]. Blue Zircon repeatedly slams her head into a pillar during his entire spiel. |
| 440 | * ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'': Larry the Cucumber does this after Archibald Asparagus plays His Cheeseburger in "[[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode11SillySingAlong2TheEndOfSilliness The End of Silliness?]]". |
| 441 | %%** Archibald himself does this in the Silly Songs with Larry segment "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOtFw9sB34 The Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo]]". (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 445 | * According to historian Lewis H. Lapham, after the destruction of 15,000 Roman troops (and 10,000 camp followers) under their commander Publius Quinctilius Varus (and his subsequent suicide) at the Teutonberg Forest in 6 AD, Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}}, "...from time to time until the end of his life... was seen wandering through the rooms of the palace, beating his head against the wall and crying out... 'Quinctillius Varus, give me back my legions.'" |
| 446 | %%* Alexander Graham Bell did this when he was trying to create the telephone. (Source, please.) |
| 447 | * One of the special effects programmers can be seen doing this in the appendices to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', when under serious deadline pressure at the end of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. |
| 448 | * Italian UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball manager Luciano Spalletti [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83U_NbFCf7g started out one of his post-match interviews with one]] back in 2016, after being asked about his then team Roma's off-pitch tribulations between the players and the owners. |
| 449 | * This is a fairly prevalent form of stimming used by autistic people; depending on the surface and degree of force, it can pose a greater or lesser risk for self harm. This particular case may be directly related to the trope, since autistic people tend to use various forms of stimming as calming/focus behaviors to cope with overwhelming stimuli or emotion, and the trope is used in response to a character experiencing overwhelming irritation, rage, frustration, etc. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
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