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* Harpies and Medusa in ''VideoGame/WillRock''.

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** Bludgeon tends to have this; in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'' it's just the face of his Pretender shell, but the [[Film/{{Transformers}} movie]] version has this as his main robot head. His Pretender compatriot Skullgrin also has a skull-like head on his Pretender shell, though his resembles a demonic bull rather than a human skull.

* ''VideoGame/BloodWest'' have you facing multiple undead enemies, those which are humanoid having skulls in place of faces - as an indication that they're no longer ''alive''.
* ''VideoGame/BoundByBlades'' has Skullako, the BlobMonster... whose cranium is a cyclopean skull. Somehow.
* The icon for the [[HarderThanHard Veteran difficulty]] in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' (helpfully demonstrated with the page image for NightmareFuel.CallOfDuty) is of a soldier whose head was reduced to his skull, possibly as a warning of the sheer hell the player will experience. ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' has [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/callofduty/images/2/2c/Veteran_difficulty_BO.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20120528194440 a similar icon]] where a man stands in front of some flames and is missing a good chunk of his skull.

* [[EldritchAbomination Mephisto]] of ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' is depicted as possessing a demonic skull for a head, which isn't out of place given the rest of his body is a flayed cadaver.
* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'', the player is periodically stalked by the Bloodied Wolf, a demonic wolf whose head is a bloody skull covered in demonic runes. His true identity is [[spoiler:an avatar of Mephisto]].

* The ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' mod ''VideoGame/VSTabiExBoyfriend'' has Tabi have a goat skull on his head.

* The Atlas battlemech in the ''Videogame/MechWarrior'' series, like its [[Tabletopgame/BattleTech source material]], is an assault-class HumongousMecha with a skull-shaped cockpit, often painted bone-white. Depending on the game, it can have a [[EyeBeams laser mount in one of the eyes]] or GlowingMechanicalEyes.
* Doc Robot in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3''. It means Dokurobotto in Japanese, and is actually a PunnyName based on the Japanese words 'dokuro' (skull) and 'robotto' (robot).
* Like his name suggests, Skull Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan4''.
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', Raiden is introduced wearing a full-face rebreather/helmet that resembles a skull. The complete sneaking suit is even referred to as a "Skull Suit." In addition, during the end section of the game, [[spoiler:the Colonel Campbell that Raiden was taking orders from is revealed to be an impostor. It is actually an AI created by [[OmniscentCouncilOfVagueness the Patriots]] called GW. GW's identity is revealed when it is hit with a major computer virus that causes a number of malfunctions. While most of these malfunctions are PlayedForLaughs, one seriously creepy effect of the virus was to cause GlamorFailure and reveal GW's true head: a skull. Once GW is outed, Raiden can still talk to it, but the malfunction will make it flash between its Campbell disguise and its skull-head form while being much more antagonistic.]]

* ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' features Ghost, who wears an iconic skull mask.
** Ghost was so popular that his mask became the inspiration for the titular unit of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'', who ''all'' wear custom skull masks.

* The Skullmonkeys from ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood''. Klogg wears one of their heads to look like this trope in the game’s [[VideoGame/{{Skullmonkeys}} sequel]].

* Duskull from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
** One can make a case for Marowak too: in its pre-evolutionary form as Cubone, it wears its mom's skull as a helmet. After it evolves, the skull's become ''[[NightmareFuel fused to its head]]''.

* The JerseyDevil in ''Videogame/TheWolfAmongUs'' is depicted as having a horse's skull for a head when he takes on his true form.

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': A few of the background demons in the pilot have skulls for heads.

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* [[ScaryScarecrows The Scarecrow]] from the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' revamp (''The New Batman Adventures'') had a shriveled zombie-like face with the skin seemingly shrunk to the bone -- if it was a mask or not is still up for debate.

* The Slim Slime Man in ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' was a bitter old sewer worker, who abnormally fused with a living slime mold while working in the sewers one day, becoming a strange giant slime creature with a ghoulish skull-like head seen inside.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' examples:
** "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]": Dr. Destiny uses his powers of illusion to achieve this look. He reverts to a normal appearance when recovering from a punch to the face, and when he is finally defeated.
** Atomic Skull also has a skull wrapped in green fire, which he could fire energy blasts from.

* [[BigBad Skull Master]] of the ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' cartoon has this going for him. He's also twice as big as the next largest character, voiced by Tim Curry, and utterly terrifying.

* The Spooky Space Kook from season 1 of WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou is a hulking dark blue space suit capped with a shrieking, giggling, glowing skull. It's one of the more truly frightening Scooby-Doo villains, despite the name.

* The Groaner from ''WesternAnimation/SuperMansion'', a more sympathetic parody of The Joker. Once just a party clown for hire, an incident during a party at a chemical and genetic company somehow turned his head into a skull, leaving only his hair behind.

* Slade from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' had this while acting as [[GodOfEvil Trigon's]] undead servant, because in life he was burned to death by lava. As he kept it hidden behind his mask, however, it was only glimpsed a couple of times near the climax of that storyline.

** In "Ghosts of the Sargasso", Dr. Venture's "metasonic locator" inadvertently resurrects a dead test pilot. The ghost has a flight suit, a skull for a head, and glowing, flaming eyes.

* From the ''Website/SCPFoundation'' comes [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1471 SCP-1471]], AKA "[=MalO=]" (sic). It's a freeware mobile app that when downloaded, causes you to see a huge creature appear in your peripheral vision through windows and mirrors, which looks like a giant humanoid monster covered in shaggy black fur and a canine skull for a head with glowing white eyes. The image that inspired the SCP is actually a picture of a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] wearing a skullsuit.