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* The ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' episode [[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E3SpringBroken "Spring Broken"]] has this twice; first when Blitzo falls when climbing out the driver's window of the company van while arguing with Verosika Mayday, and later when a drunk Moxxie falls face-first on a beach in the human world, leaving a faceprint in the sand.

* It's practically impossible for contestants on ''Series/Wipeout2008'' to get through even the first round without having this happen to them.

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!!Examples

* The [[Creator/MasamiKurumada Kurumada Fall]] is the [[PlayedForDrama non-comedic variant]] that happens in [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom super-charged fights]]. Often involving the target looking [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat deader than dead]] only to [[MadeOfIron force themself back up]]. The parodies of it, on the other hand, go [[ZigZaggedTrope right back to laughs]].
* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'': Mihaya trips Shirayuki after kidnapping her and tying her hands behind her back when she kicks a box at him and tries to run past him out the only door to the room she is in. Since she doesn't have any way to break her fall she lands on her face, though she tries to take most of the fall with the rest of her body. [[PlayedForDrama Definitely not played for laughs]].

* In one episode of ''Anime/NarutoShippuden'', a young Choji trips and faceplants while trying to sneak past a group of shinobi. Thankfully they seem to be rather oblivious to the noise and don't notice him.

* Vivio falls flat on her face in episode 15 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' while running to her mothers. [[TemptingFate Right after Fate told her to be careful no less]]. Nanoha and Fate's reactions help to illustrate [[GentleTouchVsFirmHand the differences in their parenting styles]] [[spoiler:and the entire scene would receive a MeaningfulEcho during the penultimate episode.]]

* In ''Manga/MonsterMusume'', Papi the harpy attempts to rescue a child stuck in a tree and takes a running leap to get airborne, only to promptly fall to the ground and end up skidding on her face for several feet; seems her wings were too wet to allow her to fly.
* ''Manga/IWantYourMotherToBeWithMe'': Asahi shows Haruka the proper way to experience snow: jumping face-first into it. His mom falls on her own face when he throws a snowball at her and she trips.
* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', the titular half-demon is outfitted with a special set of Beads of Subjugation that are enchanted to throw him to the ground at the command of "sit" as a means to control him when he goes out of control. Kagome, being Kagome, uses it ''constantly'' out of annoyance over him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4_LMbStcJY&ab_channel=zeragon21 This video]] showcases 149 uses over the original series and its movies.
* Wendy Marvell from ''Manga/FairyTail'' ends up introducing herself this way to the main cast and their allies in the Oracion Seis Arc. The anime hilariously repeats her fall and subsequent scream three times over!
** The same moment is [[PlayedForDrama played for drama]] later, when after taking down the Nirvana, she falls down trying to escape the CollapsingLair. She still makes it out, thankfully.
* The end result of Bocchi's attempt at CrowdSurfing in ''Manga/BocchiTheRock'', after she panics when asked to give a speech at a high school performance with her band.

* Wallace pulls one off in ''Film/Tusk2014'' after he is given [[SlippingAMickey drugged tea]], sliding from his chair into a face-first fall on the floor.
* ''Film/IronMan1'': The first time Tony tests the rocket boots for his Iron Man suit, he ends up doing this... on the ''ceiling''.

--> She-Beast planted her face when she came down wrong after almost losing her load.

* The Kid from ''VideoGame/{{Bastion}}'' enters any area by falling from the sky and landing face-down. [[spoiler: Becomes significantly less funny at the end of the game when, after taking a vicious beating from the Ura, the Kid returns to the Bastion, lands in his usual manner... and stays down.]]

--> FACE FAULT: [[CaptainObvious YOU FELL FLAT ON YOUR FACE]].

* Notably employed in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a RunningGag. Even [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 his movie version]] wasn't safe.

* It's not a Hildebrand Manderville adventure in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' unless you find the man embedded in the ground head first at some point.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Tarvek meets the floor face first when he gets up to try and yell at Gil and [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090807 passes out due to how ill he currently is.]]

* The ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' episode [[Recap/HelluvaBossS1E3SpringBroken "Spring Broken"]] has this twice; first when Blitzo falls when climbing out the driver's window of the company van while arguing with Verosika Mayday, and later when a drunk Moxxie falls face-first on a beach in the human world, leaving a faceprint in the sand.

* Creator/JustinLong pulls one off in ''Film/{{Tusk}}'' after his character was given [[SlippingAMickey drugged tea]], sliding from his chair into a face-first fall on the floor.

* The opening credits of the CBBC comedy ''Gruey'' show the protagonist trying to jump over a wall, tripping, and landing face-first [[CoveredInMud in a patch of mud]].

* In ''The Blue Lotus'', Thompson and Thomson try to catch a train that has Franchise/{{Tintin}} on it and fall on their faces. They are next seen in a hospital with their noses in casts.

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* The [[Creator/MasamiKurumada Kurumada]] Fall is the [[PlayedForDrama non-comedic variant]] that happens in [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom super-charged fights]]. Often involving the target looking [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat deader than dead]] only to [[MadeOfIron force themself back up]]. The parodies of it, on the other hand, go [[ZigZaggedTrope right back to laughs]].

->FACE FAULT: YOU FELL FLAT ON YOUR FACE.

* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' has this happening several times to Kirito over the course of the first episode of the [=ALFheim=] Online arc. One pretty spectacular one has him slamming into the ground head-first from ''several hundred feet in the air'' and seemingly being stuck for almost a minute after impact.

* Vivio falls flat on her face in episode 15 of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' while running to [[HasTwoMommies her mothers]]. [[TemptingFate Right after Fate told her to be careful no less]]. Nanoha and Fate's reactions help to illustrate [[GentleTouchVsFirmHand the differences in their parenting styles]] [[spoiler:and the entire scene would receive a MeaningfulEcho during the penultimate episode.]]

* It's practically impossible for contestants on ''Series/{{Wipeout}}'' to get through even the first round without having this happen to them.

->''"Everybody do the Flop!"''
-->-- '''Dougal Flopguy''', ''WebAnimation/{{asdfmovie}}''

---> FACE FAULT: [[CaptainObvious YOU FELL FLAT ON YOUR FACE]].