1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character expresses intense frustration by banging their head against a desk, wall, or some other nearby item. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Alice is helping Bob with math, but even after hours of labored explanations, he still doesn't understand basic fractions. Alice, frustrated, slams her head against the table. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Alice is helping Bob with math, and his first question is "What are fractions?" Cue headdesk from Alice. |
5 | ** Alice slams her head into the table so hard that [[HardHead she breaks it]]. |
6 | ** [[TheDitz Bob says something stupid in his office]], and all his co-workers headdesk simultaneously. |
7 | ** Alice's repeated head-desking leaves telltale dents in pretty much everything she owns. |
8 | * '''Downplayed''': |
9 | ** Frustrated, Alice leans her head on a desk, but doesn't bang on it. |
10 | ** Alice places a cushion on her desk before hitting it with her head. |
11 | ** Alice makes the headdesk jerking motions against empty space. |
12 | * '''Justified''': Alice can't think of a better way to express her anger. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': After hours of fruitless tutoring, Alice grabs Bob's head and bangs it against the table. |
14 | * '''Subverted''': |
15 | ** After hours of fruitless tutoring, Alice prepares to bang her head against the table ... then takes a deep breath and tries yet another explanation. |
16 | ** Alice starts by beating her head against the wall, but then decided to [[UseYourHead beat her head against Bob's head instead.]] |
17 | * '''Double Subverted''': When Bob ''still'' fails to understand, Alice surrenders to temptation and proceeds to headdesk. |
18 | * '''Parodied''': |
19 | ** When Bob tells Alice he doesn't know what time it is, she proceeds to bang her head against every piece of furniture in the room. |
20 | ** Alice headdesks against thin air. |
21 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's reactions to frustration have no consistency -- one minute she'll calmly accept a missed deadline, the next she'll headdesk at a missed phone call. |
22 | * '''Averted''': Alice and Bob are starring in a training video teaching tutors how to help troublesome students calmly. |
23 | * '''Enforced''': Alice is a SitComic famous for her exaggerated headdesks. |
24 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Excuse me, Bob, I need a bang-my-head-against-the-table break." |
25 | * '''Invoked''': Alice is hoping that her headdesk display will motivate Bob to study harder. |
26 | * '''Exploited''': [[{{Troll}} Bob]] [[TheGadfly deliberately says something stupid]], knowing that Alice will headdesk. |
27 | * '''Defied''': Alice knows that headdesking won't help Bob understand her explanations, so she use other methods to channel her anger, such as buying a stress ball. |
28 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
29 | * '''Conversed''': "Gee, how does Alice stay ''alive'' with all that headdesking? It's like she's [[MadeOfIron got an iron skull]] or something." |
30 | * '''Implied''': After training Bob, Alice has a headache. |
31 | * '''Deconstructed''': Alice hits her head so hard she incurs a concussion, or even worse, a brain hemorrhage or even '''''death'''''. |
32 | * '''Reconstructed''': Alice gets brain therapy and learns to express her frustrations in less life-threatening ways. |
33 | * '''Played for Laughs''': Alice [[AmusingInjuries hurts herself hilariously]] by her headdesking at Bob's intransigence. |
34 | * '''Played for Drama''': Alice dies from her injury ... and still, Bob doesn't understand his math. |
35 | * '''Played for Horror''': Alice starts banging her head against her desk with absolutely zero warning, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment showing the audience]] how psychologically unstable she is. |
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