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'''Basic Trope''': Hand meets forehead.

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'''Basic Trope''': Hand meets forehead.forehead as an expression of dismay or exasperation.
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** Everyone in the room facepalm at once, causing a shockwave that circles the planet dozens of times causing irreparable destruction... because someone misread the time by one minute.
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** Bob is an anthropomophic elephant and he facepalms with his truck, in other word faceplming ''with his face''/

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** Bob is an anthropomophic elephant and he facepalms with his truck, trunk, in other word faceplming ''with his face''/face''.

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* '''Parodied''': After hearing a dumb comment, his hand launches from his wrist on a spring into his head.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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After hearing a dumb comment, his hand launches from his wrist on a spring into his head.head.
** Bob is an anthropomophic elephant and he facepalms with his truck, in other word faceplming ''with his face''/
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** Bob places his head in both his hands, then more hands somehow show up and cover his face.

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** Bob places his head in both his hands, [[https://youtu.be/bin54qdtEcY?t=183 then more hands somehow show up and cover his face.face]].

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* '''Inverted''': Bob has a hand on his desk, he hears a dumb comment and rests his head on it.
** OR, he leans back with his hands on his seat's head rest as he takes in the dumb comment

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Bob has a hand on his desk, he hears a dumb comment and rests his head on it.
** OR, Alternatively, he leans back with his hands on his seat's head rest as he takes in the dumb commentcomment.

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'''Basic Trope''': Bob rests his head on his open hand.
* '''Straight''': Bob, after hearing a dumb comment, places his hand on his head"
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob places his head in both his hands, then more hands somehow show up and cover his face.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob rests his head on his index finger.
* '''Justified''': Bob wants to hide his look of distain from whoever made the dumb comment.

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'''Basic Trope''': Bob rests his head on his open hand.
Hand meets forehead.
* '''Straight''': Bob, after hearing a dumb comment, places his hand on his head"
forehead.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Bob places his head in both his hands, then more hands somehow show up and cover his face.
** Multiple people cradle their foreheads with their hands after seeing/hearing something dumb.
* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob rests his head on his index finger.
** Bob rubs the side of his head in annoyance.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob wants to hide his look of distain disdain from whoever made the dumb comment.comment.
** Bob's exasperation is giving him a headache, and rubbing his forehead is the natural response.



* '''Reconstructed''': Bob learns other methods to deal with stress while he facepallms.

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* '''Reconstructed''': Bob learns other methods to deal with stress while he facepallms.facepalms.
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...then he puts his hand in his head after a {beat}.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...then he puts his hand in his head after a {beat}.{{beat}}.
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'''Basic Trope''': Bob rests his head on his open hand.
* '''Straight''': Bob, after hearing a dumb comment, places his hand on his head"
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob places his head in both his hands, then more hands somehow show up and cover his face.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob rests his head on his index finger.
* '''Justified''': Bob wants to hide his look of distain from whoever made the dumb comment.
* '''Inverted''': Bob has a hand on his desk, he hears a dumb comment and rests his head on it.
** OR, he leans back with his hands on his seat's head rest as he takes in the dumb comment
* '''Subverted''': Bob hears a dumb comment, raises a hand near his head, then puts his hand down.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...then he puts his hand in his head after a {beat}.
* '''Parodied''': After hearing a dumb comment, his hand launches from his wrist on a spring into his head.
* '''Zig-Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': Bob hears a dumb comment and simply shakes his head, he doesn't move his hands at all
* '''Enforced''': "He's got to put his hand on his head or how do we know he's flabbergasted? "
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob's doing the hand on his head thing, he must think what you said was dumb"
* '''Invoked''': "If we were face-to-face, I'd be doing that thing where I sigh and put my head in my hand right about now."
* '''Exploited''': Bob unknowingly has a poison needing inhalation on the palm of his hand, his assailant says something low-key stupid and he facepalms, killing himself.
* '''Defied''': "I'm just going to stare at you until you realise what an idiot you are".
* '''Discussed''': "If he says something stupid, I won't respond. I'll just put my head in my hand and deal with it that way."
* '''Conversed''': "Captain Bob is the type to just put his head in his hands if someone says something stupid."
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob, after a life of doing this as a go-to response to dumb comments, just gets more stressed rather than less when he facepalms.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob learns other methods to deal with stress while he facepallms.
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