History Main / Facepalm

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'':
** Asterix is facepalming on the poster in reaction to the idiocy of his fellow Gauls falling for the appeal of the Mansions of the Gods.
** The Centurion double-facepalms as Cacofonix is singing and causing a panic among the civilians, and he can't even command his legionaries over the sound.
** Caesar pinches the bridge of his nose when a beaten-up Squareonthehypotenus welcomes him to a banquet in the middle of the chaos.

* Kyle Rayner did this when Guy Gardner had the audacity to try {{Mooning}} Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' prequel comic ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTheJungle'', Lt. Murphy does this after Dresden tells her something uselessly mystic and vague about the case. In the RPG rulebook, this panel is used with the [[DirectLineToTheAuthor side comment by Dresden]]: "I make her do this way too much."
* Brother Warth, a typically pacifistic member of the Blue Lantern Corps, facepalms in an issue of ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' when people get into a fight despite his efforts.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Issue 359 has a {{Dramedy}} plot in which Lorelei and Loki conspire to put Thor under magical mind control. Their scheme is eventually defeated when Lorelei is rendered similarly magically infatuated with Loki. After Loki has been forced to lift the enchantment on Thor, and nearly had his brains smashed in along the way, Lorelei asks if he's angry with her. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loki_facepalm.jpg Loki's facepalm is a minor classic of the trope.]]
* ComicBook/{{MODOK}}'s body is a face. When he facepalms, [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6rFxhJAiUD0/UF5gNasVfMI/AAAAAAAAB6A/4TpVwEDpdaM/s1600/Modok+Poster.jpg you know you've failed.]]

* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "Micro Managing" (DC issue #68), Blossom seeks Mojo Jojo's help in defeating the Micro-Puffs (three tiny troublemaking avatars of the girls), who have negatively influenced Bubbles and Buttercup. Blossom facepalms when all Mojo can do is whine about why he doesn't have a micro version of himself.

* ''ComicBook/PS238'': Miss Kyle, a teacher at the eponymous SuperheroSchool, facepalms frequently. [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2007-01-23 Like when Zodon]] (a {{jerkass}} super-genius in a hoverchair) is supposed to [[BadBadActing pretend that a school bully's punch hurt]], as part of TheMasquerade.
* ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon'' did this when he realized why bar patrons fled from terror when he told them that [[AccidentalInnuendo he was looking for Amanda Love]].
* ''[[Franchise/MonsterVerse Skull Island: The Birth of Kong]]'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Dr. Brooks]] makes a despairing one when he's listening to Aaron's ApocalypticLog, at the moment when he realizes just why his son went to Skull Island.
* Papa Smurf does this a few times in ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "Bathing Smurfs".

* [[Franchise/StarWars Master Yoda]] on [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Revenge_of_the_Clone_Menace.jpg the cover]] of ''ComicBook/TagAndBink: Revenge of the Clone Menace''.

** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'' Linda does this when [[spoiler:Clark reveals that he figured out her "Krypton never existed" story (which she had been coaxed into feed him. Long story) was a lie]].
** In ''Superman #713'', Franchise/{{Superman}} tells ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' that he has been wondering whether there must be a Superman... and he realized the answer is "No". And then he takes off his costume. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwrmQA57mXg/Tt97cTwpEYI/AAAAAAAANxU/0q7aL5YjS8k/s1600/9+-+july+sm+713+3.jpg Supergirl finds the situation so stupid that she facepalms hard]].
** In ''Superman/Batman'' #62 Supergirl's enthusiastic self guided tour of the Batcave while [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] is in the middle of a sentence causes him to irritably drop his face into a hand. Perhaps she's giving him flashbacks to [[ComicBook/YoungJustice trying to corral]] ComicBook/{{Impulse}}:

'''Tim:''' Just dont touch--\\
''*Kara zips off and returns at Super Speed*''\\
'''Tim:''' -anything.\\

* ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} has done this towards ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, such as when Wade pays him via ATM.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Nick Fury could not believe it when Captain America manipulated Hulk by telling him that the aliens called him a "sissy boy"
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Ross can not believe that Wraith risked the secrecy of Weapon X by kidnapping the most famous mutants, the X-Men, and killed Charles Xavier, who was in good terms with the president.

* An issue of ''SWORD'', an ''X-Men'' spin-off, features a group of giant rock aliens seeking to avenge the deaths of four noble creatures whom humans had decapitated and put on display. At Mount Rushmore. Once they learn the nature of the error, this trope occurs.

-->'''Koren:''' Tal'Shiar scum! This is Koren, daughter of Grilka, Captain of the glorious IKS ''bortaS'qu''! You will--what the... What do you MEAN we missed out on a glorious battle? ARGH!!!!!! I haven't seen any action since Qo'noS! Why does it ALWAYS take an impending apocalypse for me to get to kill things???\\
'''Brokosh:''' ''(facepalm)'' Koren, you damn fool, get back in formation.

* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}: WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'':
** Asterix is facepalming on the poster in reaction to the idiocy of his fellow Gauls falling for the appeal of the Mansions of the Gods.
** The Centurion double-facepalms as Cacofonix is singing and causing a panic among the civilians, and he can't even command his legionaries over the sound.
** Caesar pinches the bridge of his nose when a beaten-up Squareonthehypotenus welcomes him to a banquet in the middle of the chaos.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': During "Fixer Upper", Kristoff facepalms when the trolls tell him that he should get Anna's "fiancé out of the way" so that he can be together with her.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'':

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': "The Brain" reveals that Anais has done this in response to her family's antics so many times, she'll get ''permanent brain damage'' if she does it again.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "Hollywood Hop Pop", one of the FBI agents does this upon realizing what he believes is another hoax that Mr. X found involving frogs.

*** In "The Cave of Two Lovers" Sokka finds himself doing this a lot in response to the nomads' antics. So much so that by the end of the episode:

'''Sokka:''' ''[[[SurroundedByIdiots forehead smack]]]''
*** In fact, [[OnlySaneMan Sokka]] does this a lot, leading many to speculate that doing it so many times resulted in the hardening of his forehead, which was why Ty Lee hurt her hand trying to strike it in "The Chase".
*** Zuko does it when Iroh flirts with an unattractive woman in "The Drill".
*** Zuko's nose pinch in "The Western Air Temple", when he remembered how much of a dork he was when he began his search for the Avatar.

*** Suki does it too in "The Boiling Rock" when Sokka tries (and fails) to cover-up the fact that they're hatching an escape plan. "The only thing we're hatching is... an egg?"

* Toa Tahu does this in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}: Mask of Light'' during a Kohlii match after Jaller dives right out of the way rather than blocking the oncoming Kohlii ball. Amusingly, shortly after, Jaller hits himself in the head with his Kohlii stick. It's an incredibly dramatic double-facepalm.

-->-- '''Katara''', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''

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* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''

** [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-6-48/ Watching another vampire defeated by a trick inspires this.]]

--> '''Pian''': ''(facepalms)'' This kid needs some help!

* Lawrence does this quite frequently in ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' for any given reason although usually in response to Holo. Holo herself has a half a minute long face palm in in the first OVA in response in response to Lawrence's description of how sheep are used for torture.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'' Linda does this when [[spoiler:Clark reveals that he figured out her "Krypton never existed" story (which she had been coaxed into feed him. Long story) was a lie]].
** In ''Superman #713'', Franchise/{{Superman}} tells ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Comicbook/{{Superboy}}'' that he has been wondering whether there must be a Superman... and he realized the answer is "No". And then he takes off his costume. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uwrmQA57mXg/Tt97cTwpEYI/AAAAAAAANxU/0q7aL5YjS8k/s1600/9+-+july+sm+713+3.jpg Supergirl finds the situation so stupid that she facepalms hard]].

* ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} has done this towards Comicbook/{{Deadpool}}, such as when Wade pays him via ATM.

* In ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Haruhi facepalms after realizing [[spoiler:that Kyon's gotten himself in trouble with the School Council by hanging Yamane Jun out of a window.]]

* In ''FanFic/MyLittleAnimaniacs'', Scootaloo and the Brain do this when Apple Bloom drags them all the way to Manehattan to visit Babs, only to admit that she doesn't even know where she lives.

** [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/a-crown-of-stars-nge-ou.11766/page-16#post-2714283 In chapter 69]] [[spoiler:Asuka and Shinji]] reveal everyone that they are expecting. Touji blankly asks "Waiting what?" His girlfriend Hikari groaned and put her hand over her face.

-->'''Eleya:''' ''({{facepalm}})'' Fine, we don't have time to be picky. Ahead full.

'''Brokosh:''' ''({{facepalm}})'' Koren, you damn fool, get back in formation.

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSunsetsBackstagePass'': Sunset slaps her brow when she realize that Pinkie is messing things up with the guard when they're trying to go backstage, and that she'll have to try again "tomorrow" (i.e. the next day of the GroundhogDayLoop).

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': In ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'', Zaphod Beeblebrox slaps ''both'' of his foreheads when he realizes he's in Milliways.

-->'''Lia the kidnappee:''' He didn't mean to hurt me! There are demons who made him do all these horrible things!\\

* Seen in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' in the Lament Mirror dungeon. Frederic Chopin is stuck alone with the eight-year-old Salsa, who is whining about a lack of food, and asks him to use his magic powers to create a steak. He tells her that [[ComesGreatResponsibility magic is not a tool of convenience]] and she throws a full-on tantrum, causing him to facepalm.

-->'''Rokurou''': I've got it. You hate spinach, don't you?\\

-->'''Batu''': Ye're far too soft, lad! [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Tryin' to help everyone ye meet'll be the death of ye, mark me words!]] Still, ye've promised now.

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* WebVideo/{{Kitboga}} is a scambaiter popular on Website/{{Twitch}} and Website/YouTube. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl-_LBx_tpM animated version]] of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwhzqepj2PM Buying Gift Cards Instead of Hot Dogs (for Scammers)]]," the scammer does this several times in response to Kitboga doing stuff like claiming not to know about Walmart gift cards. As Kitboga starts talking about having typed up an order for hot dogs on the Walmart website, he double facepalms.

** Cartman does this in the third part of the Black Friday trilogy when Princess Kenny breaks up a blockade of ships trying to keep a shipment of [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 PS4]]s out of America just by being cute.

* In ''Restaurant Merge'', Mina facepalms when one of the construction workers at Edward's beach restaurant tells her he's trying to get them to build an underwater area. She does it again after she comments that he wouldn't believe how tough building the Japanese restaurant is and he replies that he knew and that's why he left her in charge of it.

%%** A beautiful one in [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050914 this strip]].
%%** An even better one at the end of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103 this comic]].
** Two-handed face-palm for Gil [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070411 on this page]].
%%** Agatha, of course, gets to do this [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311 too]].
** Mama Gkika slaps a hand to her forehead [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121126 when Agatha clears the way to the observation tower, with a weapon that also destroys the observation tower]].

** While being in England's main area of study Agatha asks what this new 'golden age' the sparks were talking about is. The explanation she's given makes the sparks look so delusional (saying that the queen herself, who's shown to be one of the most powerful sparks in existence, will bow to them) that she pulls one at the end [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190327#.XKKr65ApA0M here]]
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', so very... very much, particularly early on. And just as much in the sub-comic ''Tempts Fate''.

* ''Manga/CaseClosed'': Heiji does one at the end of Chapter 1118 when he realizes he ''forgot'' to confess his feelings to Kazuha despite Ran setting them up for the perfect romantic environment for him to do so without any interruptions.

So you're the OnlySaneMan, and the lunatics around you are ''once again'' doing something to make you question your faith in humanity. ''*sighs*'' It may not solve anything, but raising your hand to your forehead will have the dual benefit of temporarily obscuring your vision of the idiocy as well as cradling the oncoming headache. Variations occur, from pinching the bridge of one's nose to slapping one's forehead (basically a DopeSlap to oneself for the "idiocy" of putting up with this mess). One may also follow up the slap with sliding the palm of the hand down one's face, possibly with a look of exasperation. If they're wearing a hat, expect them to pull the brim of the hat over their eyes in disgust. If they're wearing a cloak or a hoodie, then they're pulling the cowl before their face.

** He's particularly prone to the "depressed" type doing it in the prologue, (wrapping both arms completely around his head in an effort to hide himself), and a few times in the mid-quel ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer Simpson sometimes combines this with his CatchPhrase "D'oh!", though it's when ''he'' does something stupid.