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19->'''Hans:''' A head can't really explode just because it's shot, right?\
20'''Marty:''' It can. If it's filled with explosives.
21-->--''Film/SevenPsychopaths''
22
23StuffBlowingUp is cool enough, but it somehow becomes even cooler when that stuff is human heads. Asploding heads may not be [[LudicrousGibs particularly realistic]] in some cases, but they sure [[RuleOfCool look impressive]]. If people's heads start blowing up, it's usually a bad sign.
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25The TropeNamer comes from the IntentionalEngrishForFunny used in the ''Strong Bad Email'' episode [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail94.html "video games"]] and subsequent game ''[=StrongBadZone=]'' on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', wherein the head of the person playing the game is presumed ''not'' to have actually asploded, although there have been no studies done on the matter so far as we are aware.
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27Head asplosions are typically the result of an ExplosiveLeash, [[BoomHeadshot being shot in the head with high-powered ammunition]] (resulting in PinkMist, which is TruthInTelevision. Water is largely incompressible, so a large caliber, high velocity bullet entering the skull would transmit that energy throughout the interior and pop! goes the cranium), interacting with a BrownNote, or [[MySkullRunnethOver absorbing too much knowledge]]. Often, just before it happens, the unfortunate character [[GottaGetYourHeadTogether clutches their skull]].
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29There's also the metaphorical (and occasionally literal for MechanicalLifeforms) asploding that [[MemeticMutation is said to occur]] when one's brain has [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone mad from the revelation]], or assaulted by a MindRape or LogicBomb, or requires sufficient BrainBleach.
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31For less explosive loss of heads, see OffWithHisHead For head impacts that aren't as violent, see CranialEruption. For heads getting crushed instead of exploding, see HeadCrushing.
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33This is a {{death trope|s}}, meaning there is bound to be [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked spoilers]] ahead. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Tread on at your own peril.]]
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35!!Example Subpages:
36[[index]]
37* YourHeadASplode/AnimeAndManga
38* YourHeadASplode/ComicBooks
39* YourHeadASplode/FanWorks
40* [[YourHeadASplode/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
41* YourHeadASplode/{{Literature}}
42* YourHeadASplode/LiveActionTV
43* YourHeadASplode/TabletopGames
44* YourHeadASplode/VideoGames
45* YourHeadASplode/{{Webcomics}}
46* YourHeadASplode/WesternAnimation
47[[/index]]
48
49!!Other Examples:
50[[foldercontrol]]
51
52[[folder:Advertising]]
53* The Epyx 500XJ Joystick is apparently so efficient in its purpose that it causes one for the gamer in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavq0cID3fw this 1986 ad.]] ...But then [[PullingThemselvesTogether undoes itself right after.]]
54* A series of humorous ads for Norton Antivirus 2011 involved celebrities (representing cyber criminals) wanting to do bad things to critters/inanimate objects/etc (representing the viewer's PC/identity/etc.). The viewer had the choice to deny or allow this to happen. One of these was Creator/DolphLundgren and a magical unicorn. The "deny" option results in the unicorn making Dolph Lundgren's head explode. Viewable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbR83fpa33E here]]
55* The old [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn40v7N3V9c "I Smell Quality"]] promo by Warp Records label, which features a woman listening to "Warp" product and then, [[CrossesTheLineTwice her head]] [[BloodyHilarious deliberately explodes!]]
56* The first VanityPlate used for the animation company Creator/WildBrain features a [[NightmareFace purple head with a pencil shoved through his ears]] on a black background. Suddenly, the head sniffles and [[SneezeOfDoom sneezes]] and then it explodes, revealing the words "Wild Brain".
57[[/folder]]
58
59[[folder:Comedy]]
60* The ending of the Creator/CheechAndChong comedy sketch "Up His Nose" from the ''AudioPlay/LosCochinos'' album. When the doctor looks in on a patient who constantly [[NoseShove shoves things up his nose]], including ''bullets'', he tries to use pliers to remove the bullets, but eventually settles for just using a hammer, which causes the bullets to explode, presumably taking the boy's face with it. All the father could do at that point is rejoice and tell the doctor to "keep the change."
61* Discussed by Creator/GeorgeCarlin in one of his stand-up routines:
62-->"Wouldn’t it be interesting if the only way you could die was that suddenly your head blew up? If there were no other causes of death? Everyone died the same way? Sooner or later, without warning, your head simply exploded."
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Comic Strips]]
66* In ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'', the strip when Opus lights up his first cigarette shows his head exploding, but NarrativeBackpedaling ensues in the final panel:
67-->'''Opus''': That actually didn't happen... but it ''is'' reminiscent of the taste.
68* Calvin from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' occasionally [[ImagineSpot imagines]] his head exploding. In one strip, he sneezes so hard his head blows up. In another, a particularly bad [[InconvenientItch mosquito itch]] makes him feel like his head caught on fire and exploded.
69* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Creator/{{Scott Adams|Cartoonist}} loves this trope, especially pairing this with the Cleanup in Aisle Three gag.
70** Happens to a random RedShirt.
71--->'''Guy''': Uh-oh... suddenly this meeting and all these strange words [[GoMadFromTheRevelation make sense]].\
72Guy's head explodes.\
73'''Wally''' (to Dilbert): It's your turn to buy the card.
74** Has also happened [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1995-08-25/ before,]] when Dogbert rescued Dilbert from the bowels of Accounting by presenting the accounting [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] with something their brains -couldn't comprehend: [[FelonyMisdemeanor wearing a cap backward on his head]].
75--->'''Dilbert''': What was that popping sound?\
76'''Dogbert''': A paradigm shifting without a clutch.
77* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'': Duke's head has been exploding since 1985. For some reason, it kept exploding when he found out Creator/HunterSThompson had died.
78[[/folder]]
79
80[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
81* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': Amanda Waller assembles the Suicide Squad to infiltrate Arkham Asylum to retrieve information stolen by The Riddler. She also warns them that she had explosive implants in their heads if they desert her; [=KGBeast=] tries to leave but the implant explodes, proving her point.
82* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie.'' Unicron's head is the only part of him that ''doesn't'' explode.
83[[/folder]]
84
85[[folder:Folklore]]
86* Some versions of the "Pop Rocks + Soda = Death" UrbanLegend describe how a victim took a swig of cola while chewing pop rocks, and died horribly from an explosion that went off in his/her mouth.
87* There's a [[http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/chess.asp persistent rumor]] of a Russian guy whose head literally exploded during a chess tournament. According to the legend, he had some type of electrical imbalance in his brain, which [[FridgeLogic must have]] somehow boiled his cranial liquids, causing pressure to build up inside his skull, exploding his head "as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium". (In terms of "head exploding like a watermelon with a firecracker in it," that would be impossible. There is no electrical configuration possible in a brain to be able to generate enough force to rupture the skull. Aneurysms, weak areas in your brain's circulation, can rupture under increased blood pressure, which is entirely possible in a stressful situation, and this can be instantly or near instantly fatal, but nothing in your brain can blow your head up.) The story actually originates from a spoof article in the Weekly World News.
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90[[folder:Music]]
91* Music/TheCramps' "Blow Up Your Mind".
92* Weird Al's "Couch Potato" gives us "Make 'em watch all of that junk 'til '''their heads explode''' just like 'Film/{{Scanners}}'"
93* [[Music/PinkFloyd "And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too, I'll see you on]] [[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon the dark side of the moon."]]
94* NoiseRock /Shoegaze band A Place To Bury Strangers' second album is called ''Exploding Head''.
95* Saskrotch's "Exploding Head Disease" EP.
96* Alluded to in The Music/VelvetUnderground's "I Heard Her Call My Name":
97-->And then my mind split open...
98* From "The Small(er) Song" by Carla Bozulich ( The Geraldine Fibbers / Ethyl Meatplow ):
99-->You thought you saw me in a dream\
100Inside a junkyard contraption with rocket parts.\
101I was zooming away at an alarming rate\
102In a bunch and nuts and bolts that looks like a toaster.\
103You called out to me but I could not hear you.\
104I covered my eyes from the blinding light.\
105As I disappeared behind the clouds,\
106'''You thought you saw my head explode...'''\
107'''You're not dreaming.'''
108* Invoked in '''''extremely'''''' gruesome fashion with the original cover of Music/BigBlack's ''Headache'' EP. Yes, those are real police photos.
109* In the video for the Vengaboys' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWYXIuuI-Rg Rocket To Uranus]], Pete Burns's character suffers from this after too much happy music.
110* Music/TheJam, ''Going Underground'':
111-->We talk and we talk until my head explodes...
112* Song by People In Planes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNY6WALsL8 "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)"]].
113* Albeit an allegorical application of the trope, {{Metalcore}} band Music/{{Trivium}} explores it in ''A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation''. You can deduce what will ensue.
114* Music/InsaneClownPosse:
115** From [[Music/CarnivalOfCarnage "Guts On The Ceiling"]]:
116--->"Oh, you'll never guess what's up\
117 My muckin' head blew up"
118** From "Hokus Pokus" on ''Music/TheGreatMilenko'':
119--->"Four cards down, and two more still to drop\
120 When they do, I get in my car and hit the road\
121 Cause I don't wanna see your head explode"
122* Music/CypressHill's [[Music/BlackSundayAlbum "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"]]:
123-->"I'll [[Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs huff and puff]] and blow your head off"
124[[/folder]]
125
126[[folder:Pinball]]
127* The "Traffic Jam" Supergame mode in the ''Pinball/JudgeDredd'' pinball ends with one driver throwing an axe at the other, causing the victim's brains to splatter.
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder:Roleplay]]
131* A variation happens in ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', where Zia hits a lizard monster with a telepathic blast so strong that its brain explodes inside of its cranium. The resultant gunge shoots out of its eyes and [[CoveredInGunge covers Ciro]], leaving everyone on the scene rather queasy.
132* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' is directly inspired by ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', and the [[ExplosiveLeash explosive collars]] do make an appearance here as well. Generally, they are set off if tampered with, if a character stays in a danger zone too long, or as a warning to other characters/groups. When they do, you get this trope.
133[[/folder]]
134
135[[folder:Toys]]
136* The ''Zombie Roamer'' from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' Comic Book Series 1 toyline has "Head Splitting Action".
137[[/folder]]
138
139[[folder:Visual Novels]]
140* ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'': The Noble Phantasm of the Assassin summoned in the Third Holy Grail War turns the target's brain into gunpower with a touch to the head, which explodes with enough force to obliterate the upper body.
141* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'': Happens in the 2nd [[DownerEnding Bad Ending]] of the Visual Novel when [[spoiler: Kotonoha commits [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]] by throwing herself off of the balcony of Makoto's apartment when he tells her he wants to be with Sekai rather than her, and landing headfirst into the pavement]]. This all happens in front of Makoto and Sekai, [[spoiler: which is what eventually drove them apart.]] It's even worse when you realize [[OhCrap that was]] [[SpurnedIntoSuicide her goal.]] Which is why she was [[GoOutWithASmile smiling at the last second.]] Complete with [[HighPressureBlood High-Pressure Blood]]
142* In ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'', Keisuke's first act with his newly [[PsychoSerum enhanced]] strength is to hunt down [[spoiler: Takeru - a fighter who mugged him earlier -]] and [[HeadCrushing crush his skull]] with his ''bare hands''.
143* In ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'', the team that loses the first vote is executed via exploding neck collars. [[GoryDiscretionShot Unseen]], but in some timelines their headless bodies are found by the other players [[spoiler:or in one case [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext themselves]]]].
144[[/folder]]
145
146[[folder:Web Animation]]
147* One of the listed [[SideEffectsInclude side effects]] of competing in ''WebAnimation/BrawlOfTheObjects'' was a possible implosion of the brain. [[spoiler:Shelly suffers from one in the finale]].
148* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'':
149** In "Zelda vs Peach", this is the ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Princess Zelda, via Princess Peach kicking her in the head so hard like a soccer ball it is reduced to chunky salsa. Ouch.]]
150** In "Android 18 vs Captain Marvel", a similar fate befalls [[spoiler:Captain Marvel, who gets the back of her head caved in by 18's boot as the ''coup de grace'' [[HumiliationConga after getting her arms broken and punted into a crater]].]]
151** Inverted in "Metal Sonic vs Zero" as [[spoiler:Metal's]] head is the ''only'' thing that survives the [[DefeatEqualsExplosion explosion that tears him apart]].
152** In "Thor vs Vegeta" [[spoiler:Vegeta dies in a unique application of the trope. After [[FacepalmOfDoom being grabbed by the face by Thor]], the God of Thunder proceeds to drag the Prince towards the ground while calling Mjolnir back to him, causing [[HeadCrushing Vegeta's skull to be crushed like a watermelon]] between Thor's hand and Mjolnir's head.]]
153* ''WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie'' has a parade of Blah Guys whose heads explode after they say "Blah!"
154** Specifically, saying "Blah" in the ''The Demented Cartoon Movie'' will cause you to be killed somehow, most commonly through spontaneous detonation and decapitation. There's one who has his head kicked off and several who are crushed by Mr. Weight. And a few are apparently able to say the word without consequences.
155* ''Advertising/DumbWaysToDie'' recycles the old myth that [[ArtisticLicensePhysics you explode if exposed to space.]] Not that being exposed to space is a pleasant experience, but no, you don't explode.
156* In the Valentine's Smoochie (featuring Giggles) on the ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' website, if you pick the option "Flowers", she would sniff it, and sneeze a few times before the final one blows her head off, complete with her brains sticking on the wall.
157* ''WebAnimation/FreedomToons'': Seamus is able to counter NPC zombies by shouting information that contradicts with their pre-programmed opinion at them with a megaphone, which causes their heads to pop.
158* The Cheat has a number of head-a-sploding moments in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', though they just leave him with the cartoon-explosion look. It was, in fact, Vector Strong Bad who [[TropeNamers coined]] the term "Your Head A Splode," as well as a few other [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly translated]] phrases on the subject.
159** Strong Bad attempts to {{invoke|dTrope}} this trope (this was shortly before he named it) in the email "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail88.html couch patch]]" by typing "make homestar's head explode.exe" on the computer. [[SubvertedTrope Nothing happens.]] However, you ''can'' click on the text to play an EasterEgg in which ''[[DoubleSubverted The Cheat]]''[[DoubleSubverted 's head explodes instead.]]
160--->'''Homestar''': Dang, The Cheat, that computer's got something against you. Did you ever, like, [[CallBack pour Mountain Dew all over it?]]
161* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', one FunnyBackgroundEvent has one Stormtrooper's head exploding after witnessing too much of the Warp.
162* ''WebAnimation/ObjectTerror'': After Cactus is released from prison in "P to the Fourth" he goes over to Coffee Cup to show him his muscles. He doesn't find them impressive, but then he starts growing ''muscles on muscles''. What does this lead to? The poor teacup getting so confused that his face explodes.
163* This happens to Ness and Lucas in [[https://youtu.be/mrfjOafksUQ&t=21m55s Smash Kingdom Melee]] after sampling Captain Falcon's new energy drink.
164-->'''Captain Falcon:''' That's right, it's got enough vitamin C and antioxidants to ''blow your goddamn head off!'' FALCON PUNCH!
165* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXafWP4uGd0 Suicide Lover]]'' is about a man who has a bomb in his head. If he doesn't fall in love by midnight, it will blow up. He has a MeetCute with a woman and tries to fall in love with her. [[spoiler:''Her'' head explodes]].
166* ''WebAnimation/YouWannaSeeMyPecker?'': Twelve dick jokes and a Unishark (Basically an excuse to give bloodthirsty sharks legs and lungs) later:
167-->'''Bird:''' Hey, you wanna see mah pecker again?\
168'''Man:''' NO!\
169'''Bird:''' You wanna see mah pecker?\
170'''Man:''' ''(louder)'' NO!\
171'''Bird:''' Aw, come on, it'll keep your head from explodin'!\
172'''Man:''' Wha... ''(scared)'' Are you serious?!\
173'''Bird:''' Yew wanna see ma peckuh?\
174''(everything above the man's jaw explodes)''\
175'''Bird:''' Upp! Too late! Hahahahaha! Oh boy, cartoons and the internet are WEIRD!
176[[/folder]]
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178[[folder:Web Originals]]
179* ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'':
180** The Chief has implanted a failsafe in Michael so that Dan can keep him from getting out of control. Naturally, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it does this]].
181** [[spoiler:Swaim's head asplodes in the final episode thanks to the failsafe. Twice. [[UnexplainedRecovery He gets better.]]]]
182** Cracked columnists love to use a screenshot from ''Scanners'' in their articles. It'll show up at least once a month.
183* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1IL6r_Sizs this video]] starring Andrew Klavan, Klavan explained to the Occupy Wall Street representative that "thou shalt not steal" and "do unto others as you'd have them do unto you" is from ''Literature/TheBible'' and her head exploded.
184* In WebVideo/BartBaker's parody of "Sugar", Music/AdamLevine's voice is so high pitched, it causes heads to explode in the third wedding he and Music/{{Maroon 5}} crash.
185* WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} does to co-host Scarfhulu via psychic powers in their review of ''VideoGame/BrokenSword 2''. It's one of the few times that Caddy hasn't [[TriggerHappy shot]] one of his crossover hosts.
186* ''Podcast/DiceFunk'': Rinaldo pops the head of a mind-controlled miner using a morningstar during the campaign's first fight.
187* The Red Guy of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' experiences this in a most peculiar way. [[spoiler:In the fourth video, his head is destroyed after a director calls action on the set of something quite like the first ''Don't Hug Me I'm Scared'' video.]]
188* Creator/TomSka's video ''[[https://youtu.be/E77R0e5bzIs Juice That Make Your Head Explode]]'' is about a... "young" child, giving away the titular beverage, insisting that it's just a name and it [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally doesn't make your head explode]]. Turns out, [[DoubleSubversion he's telling the truth]].
189* There is a series of videos on Youtube called ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3dUBw1bJWg Exploding Actresses]]'' which consists of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin movie clips edited to have the actresses' heads randomly explode]]. (Occasionally their bodies as well.) It's absurd and absurdly hilarious.
190* The {{Trope Namer|s}}, of course, comes from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', in a ''Strong Bad Email'' segment revolving around a video game in which when you die, the message comes up on screen saying this.
191* This happens to [[spoiler: Lance]] in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''.
192* The 11/19/1979 episode of ''WebVideo/LasagnaCat'' has this happening to Jon Arbuckle.
193* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Your Lupe A Splode. (Notice the space.)
194* ''WebVideo/NightmareTime:'' In the episode "Yellow Jacket," the champion of the fighting ring has an explosive planted in his head, just incase he turns on his caretakers. Lex detonates the explosive in order to save her sister, covering the arena in blue brain-goo.
195* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'': The Chick experienced this when seeing Creator/MichaelBay's robot testicles. [[UnexplainedRecovery They both got better]], [[RuleOfFunny obviously]].
196* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': The Critic also experienced this as a result of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Lady Tremaine]] giving him her Stare of Doom. Listening to John Moschitta, the incredibly fast-talking narrator of Micro Machines commercials, he says it's just as well the guy didn't record audiobooks. Then, of course, he illustrates that by listening to him rattling through ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' so fast that it makes the Critic's head explode.
197* ''WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'': Phelous, as part of his RunningGag where he dies at the end of every review, experiences this on several occasions.
198* Happens to Jack Packard in episode 12 of ''WebVideo/PreviouslyRecorded'', though his skull remains intact.
199* [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=4#post361904965 An early post]] in the Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos on ''Website/SomethingAwful'' featured an investigation of a strange death associated with a photo of the Slender Man himself photographed with a tentacle ready to be wrapped around the victim's neck. A witness was quoted as describing the sound of "a watermelon *unable to understand subject*".
200* Virtually every one of LetsPlay/{{Slowbeef}}'s {{Lets Play}}s has featured head explosions -- even ''VisualNovel/{{Sprung}}'', which was photoshopped with the explanation "every Slowbeef thread has a head explosion."
201-->''"[[VideoGame/DarkSeedII Here, Mike, this will explain everything]]."''
202* In WebVideo/SolidJJ's "Jimmy's Last Brain Blast", Jimmy tries to do his signature Brain Blast, only for his brain to literally blast and splatter all over, traumatizing Sheen and Carl. The same happens later to Hugh, and then is implied to happen to Carl (or Carl and Sheen) as well at the end.
203* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'':
204** A RunningGag in the episode, "Pop Rocks and Coke!" has people's heads exploding whenever they eat Pop Rocks and drink Coke at the same time.
205** In the episode, "The Cat in the Hat", [[Literature/TheCatInTheHat the titular character]] suffers this when he [[LeastRhymableWord tries to think of a rhyme for "Orange"]].
206* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' uses the ''Scanners'' footage to depict what would happen to players who died in the game as a means of locking them in. It re-uses said footage again at the end of the Aincrad arc, but what makes it particularly disturbing is that it retcons how Recon got his; he bought it at a marked-up price from a pair of grieving parents whose kid was one of the SAO casualties, and even after cleaning the brains out he still suffers occasional fear attacks from the faulty device.
207* ''[[Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG Mr. Welch]]'' has been specifically told that he cannot make anyone's head asplode no matter how well he does on an [[TabletopRPG IQ roll]].
208* ''Blog/ToplessRobot'' uses the same ''Scanners'' screenshot during [[MSTing Fan Fiction Friday]] when something particularly [[LogicBomb insane]] happens -- which is often.
209* Sima Shi's cause of death in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms.''
210* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiKCi5TLI9o A man discovers the horrifying consequence of revealing his original idea]], the horrifying consequences being most human brains can't handle a truly original idea, and being the only one immune to it, has to live with the unintended death it causes.
211* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': In the comic this happens to [[spoiler: Dr. Tigani, when Melody and the Houseguest are unable to turn off his X-Ray Machine.]]
212[[/folder]]
213
214[[folder:Real Life]]
215* President UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's infamous assassination, as seen in the UsefulNotes/ZapruderFilm, was often described as being turned into a "pink mist" by commentators.
216* It should be noted though that this is not always the result of "[[AteHisGun eating a gun]]". For example, the infamous "Bjork Stalker", according to the FBI, had intended to cover a sign situated behind his head with blood and gore by shooting himself in the mouth, but the cartridge he used was too low powered and didn't exit his head. Nine times out of ten, most suicides that involve the use of firearms don't involve exploding heads, but that doesn't mean they aren't absolutely gruesome.
217* The ''Website/DarwinAwards'' cites a TruthInTelevision case in Konotop, Ukraine, in which a chemistry student who had a habit of chewing gum until the flavour ran out, then continuing to flavour it by dipping the gum in citric acid powder. He apparently dipped his gum in a similar-looking, but explosive compound in powdered form. This likely inspired a similar scene in ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', though his jaw falls off rather than his head exploding.
218* The fate of UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden. The Navy SEALS shot him in or just above the eye with a high-powered gun at close range, and the resulting images were not fit to show the public.[[note]]Some investigative reporting instead allege the head wound was post-mortem mutilation.[[/note]]
219* Rumors going around the Internet that a chess player's head asploded due to too much thinking (and a made up medicinal condition "Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis") are, not surprising, [[http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/chess.asp purely fiction.]]
220* One traditional, albeit uncommon means of prepping an actual human skull for anatomical display is the "exploded skull", aka BeauchĂȘne skull. The individual bones of the face and cranium are separated from one another, then mounted on rods and wires in a configuration that mimics their relationships in life, but spaced slightly apart for easy viewing. The impression is that of a time-lapse image of a skull that's just begun to undergo this trope.
221[[/folder]]
222
223----
224->'''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar ATATATATATATATATATATA!!!WAAA-TAAAAH!!!]]'''
225->"YouAreAlreadyDead."
226->[[GoryDiscretionShot HIDEBU!!]]
227

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