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* In ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark'', Vivian does this to [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Grey]], hitting him in the mouth with a ''[[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]]'' and breaking his jaw in order to incapacitate him and stop him using [[LanguageOfMagic Cants]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' has no shortage of brutal [[SpecialAttack Heat Moves]] that do this to the opponent: a particularly flinch-worthy one has [[AxCrazy Majima]] smack his foe upside the head with a [[BatterUp baseball bat]], forcing them to their knees. Then he shoves the handle of the bat into their mouth, and delivers a savage kick to the underside of their jaw. ''YIKES.''

* In ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark, Vivian does this to [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Grey]], hitting him in the mouth with a ''[[DropTheHammer sledgehammer]]'' and breaking his jaw in order to incapacitate him and stop him using [[LanguageOfMagic Cants]].

* ''ComicBook/XMenRed2022'': Orrdon the Living Star is a superhuman Arakkii mutant, a FlyingBrick who claims to be totally invulnerable while using his powers. He also talks a lot, which allows Isca the Unbeaten to send a perfectly placed arrow into his open mouth, up through his palate and into his brain.

* ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'': During the brawl inside the car at the beginning, after burning the forehead of a mook with the car's cigarette lighter, Deadpool forcefully puts it in his mouth.

-->'''Deadpool:''' I never say this... but don't swallow.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', [[BigBad the Red Death]] is defeated by Toothless spewing a plasma bolt into her mouth while she was readying her own BreathWeapon, igniting the gas within and quickly burning her wings to tatters, dooming her to crash into the ground far below. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', [[BigBad the Red Death]] is defeated by Toothless spewing a plasma bolt in her mouth while she was readying her own BreathWeapon, igniting the gas within and quickly burning her wings to tatters, dooming her to crash into the ground far below. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', [[BigBad the Red Death]] is defeated by Toothless spewing a plasma bolt in her mouth while she was readying her own BreathWeapon, quickly burning her wings to tatters and dooming her to crash into the ground far below. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', [[BigBad the Red Death]] is defeated by Toothless spewing a plasma bolt in her mouth while she was readying her own BreathWeapon, quickly burning her wings to tatters and dooming her to crash into the ground far below. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', [[BigBad the Red Death]] is defeated by Toothless spewing a plasma bolt in her mouth, tearing her wings to tatters and dooming her to crash into the ground far below. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', the Red Death is defeated by Toothless spitting a plasma shot in its mouth, blowing it up from the inside. This is foreshadowed when he sees a small dragon do a similar thing to another dragon when fighting for food (just that one was not a fatal blast).

* The [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]] of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Horrorboros]], a [[{{Superboss}} King Salmonid]] in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', is the gigantic bomb that it forms in its mouth to throw at players. It can be shot at while still forming to burst it prematurely and wipe away a significant chunk of its health, [[KingMook just like how Steelheads, a Boss Salmonid, have the bomb on their heads as their only weak point, which they likewise lob at players]].

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': Ridley's Neutral Special has him charge up plasma balls in his mouth before spitting them out. If he's struck in the mouth by an attack that does knockback while charging, the plasma will explode in his mouth. This will damage and stun him, but he won't take knockback.

* ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'': Kumoko frequently disposes of powerful monsters by using her Poison Synthesis skill to create a blob of her Deadly Spider Venom, while dodging out of the way, so the monster gets a mouthful of extremely potent poison when it tries to swallow her. Sometimes, she even pulls this on opponents who are tied up in her silk or otherwise restrained, but whom she doesn't feel safe in biting.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': During the battle of Shiganshina District, Mikasa shoves a Thunder Spear into the Armored Titan's mouth, blowing up its head and forcing Reiner out of it.

* In ''FanFic/InkyFuture,'' Orion does this to a [[{{Superboss}} Cohozuna]] in a fit of rage during a Salmon Run by wrenching open its jaw and firing a [[DeathRay Sting Ray]] down its gullet, ultimately splatting it entirely.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode "[[Main/AngelS02E06GuiseWillBeGuise Guise Will Be Guise]]", Angel realizes that Magev is an imposter just as the man steps into sunlight where Angel can't follow - so Angel grabs a fishing rod and hooks him through the mouth, then reels him back into the shade.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode ''[[Main/AngelS02E06GuiseWillBeGuise Guise Will Be Guise'', Angel realizes that Magev is an imposter just as the man steps into sunlight where Angel can't follow - so Angel grabs a fishing rod and hooks him through the mouth, then reels him back into the shade.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series, this is used for several bosses, including the mainstays Kraid and Ridley.
** In ''Videogame/SuperMetroid'' a mini-boss named Crocomire does not take damage from any attack, but attacking its mouth pushes it back, eventually [[RingOutBoss into a pit of lava]].