History Main / BigHeadMode

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' has several unlockable cheats to enlarge the head, arms, legs or all at once of Banjo and Kazooie.

-->-- [[AWizardDidIt Merasmus]], VideoGame/{{Team Fortress 2}}.

* In ''[[LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Lord of the Rings]]'', hitting someone with the Ent-Draught makes their head swell up.

A common type of SillinessSwitch is making all characters in a game have really big heads. For shooter games, this can make [[BoomHeadshot headshots]] easier to nail (or harder, if [[HitboxDissonance the hitboxes ]][[FakeDifficulty aren't affected as well]]).

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' has this.

* ''VideoGame/JustCause3'' has a hidden EasterEgg weapon, the DK Pistol [[note]]a ShoutOut to the [[VideoGame/Goldeneye1997 Goldeneye]] example above[[/note]], which does no damage, has unlimited ammo, and causes the heads of anyone shot with it to inflate to comical proportions. Causing someone in this state to ragdoll will result in them floating off into the sky like a helium balloon. It also inflates Rico's head to similar proportions just by picking it up.

A common type of SillinessSwitch is making all characters in a game have really big heads. For shooter games, this can make [[BoomHeadshot headshots]] easier to nail (or harder, if [[FakeDifficulty the hitboxes aren't affected as well]]).

* ''VideoGame/Coolboarders 3'' does this. [[WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} It's fucking dumb.]]

--> ''"I curse your heads . . . with '''bigness'''!"''
---> [[AWizardDidIt Merasmus]], VideoGame/{{Team Fortress 2}}.

* ''Coolboarders 3'' does this. [[WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} It's fucking dumb.]]

* ''{{BIONICLE}} Heroes'' for the DS has this, making enemies easier targets.

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' did this for the 2015 April Fools prank.

* ''{{Banjo-Kazooie}}'' has several unlockable cheats to enlarge the head, arms, legs or all at once of Banjo and Kazooie.
* ''JakAndDaxter'' games have unlockable (cheap) Big Head toggle. Some also have Tiny Head toggle.

* The original ''SpyroTheDragon'' trilogy has a code for this.

* As an unlockable Mutator in ''GearsOfWar 3'', Big Head mode also pitches up everyone's chatter to match their silly proportions. Sadly, it does not apply in cutscenes.

---> [[AWizardDidIt Merasmus]], {{Team Fortress 2}}.

* ''Coolboarders 3'' does this. [[WebVideo/Caddicarus It's fucking dumb.]]

* Soun Tendo from ''RanmaOneHalf'' tends to do this when upset (usually when finding yet another long lost fiancée or the like that Ranma has been promised to marry), sometimes with demonic assets like a snake's tongue or tentacles.

* In ''RatchetAndClank'' games there are often cheats that will give big heads to the [[PlayerCharacter Player Character(s)]], [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]], or enemies.

* ''NBAJam'' is the likely TropeCodifier, appearing as a ClassicCheatCode in most of {{Midway|Games}}'s arcade versions, and also in the EA Sports {{revival}}.
* ''NFL Blitz'' has a big heads code in almost every game in the series.
* A cheat in some ''TonyHawksProSkater'' games.

* ''Tekken'' 2 has this, being released in 1996 when Big Head Mode was popular. It hasn't returned in any sequels.

* One of the game mods of ''WastedYouth''.

* ''Scribblenauts'' has the Lolwut.

* In ''ToonTownOnline'', one of the rewards for completing a "Just for Fun" Task is your Toon to receive a giant head for a varying period of time, depending on which Playground tasks you're working on.