History Main / ForeheadOfDoom

** But by far the biggest example [[http://originalneoglide.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/female-apostle-berserk-anime-manga-anime.jpg is Sonia]] you could land a small plane on that noggin.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' had a yin-yang take on this. One (Butt-head) had a face where the eye and nose were raised up so he had a very large head with the face splayed out over it while the other (Beavis) had his face scrunched up low down with a pronounced overbite for emphasis so that he had a lot of forehead space.

* In ''Tabletopgame/YuGiOh'', the card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ash_Blossom_%26_Joyous_Spring Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring]], her massive forehead isn't helped by her receding hair. Became an incredibly popular joke amongst players; not helped by the fact almost every single deck in the metagame played the maximum three copies of the card.

* Zach Mann of ''Webcomics/ZachMannAndSD'' has a pretty big forehead.

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* Athrun Zala from ''Anime/GundamSeed'' and ''Anime/GundamSeedDestiny'' has a large shiny forehead which is [[LampshadeHanging made fun of]] in the [[BonusMaterial Gundam Character Theater]] the comedy SuperDeformed shorts.
* Yoriko Tajima from ''[[{{Manga/Arachnid}} Arachnid]]'' has a swept up hair style which she is sometimes teased for. Bonus doom points for being a mean delinquent [[spoiler:and a secret crime lord]].

* In Tabletopgame/YuGiOh the card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Ash_Blossom_%26_Joyous_Spring Ash Blossom and Joyous Spring]], her massive forehead isn't helped by her receding hair. Became an incredibly popular joke amongst players; not helped by the fact almost every single deck in the metagame played the maximum three copies of the card.

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* The 1920 film version of ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (starring Creator/JohnBarrymore) had Hyde develop a monstrously large forehead with the hair sitting on top rather like a cap and then dangling down to emphasis the scalp. The character would wear a top hat and then slowly pull it off to reveal the ongoing forehead.

* Loki in ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' has a prominent forehead, courtesy of Creator/TomHiddleston. Further emphasized by his slicked back black hair.

** Isidro's Guts KidSidekick also has a huge forehead, it's probably safe to say Miura tends to draw most children with these especially in the later "cutesy" art-style.
*** But by far the biggest example [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/berserk/images/9/9a/Sonia_Manga.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130905152737 is Sonia]] you could land a small plane on that noggin.

** And to be fair to all the ladies, at least they don't have foreheads [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/thegamingfamily/images/a/a2/Zoro-one-piece-29912061-960-720.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140518003054 like Zoro]] so big you can the grooves of his skull. Sanji occasionally calling him "''meathead''" is actually quite appropriate.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' is frequently referred to as "Captain Forehead". [[WolfMan Nina]], on learning that he wasn't human, guessed "Frankenstein".

* Loki in ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' has a prominent forehead, courtesy of Creator/TomHiddleston.

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!!Examples

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* The trope codifier in anime and manga is likely Dekoppachi from ''Manga/MoretsuAtaro'', whose name (deko meaning forehead), [[HardHead greatest strength]], and [[TheDeterminator headstrong nature]] are all centered around his potato-shaped caricature of a forehead. Whether he is named after dekoppachi as a pejorative or made it one for the big-foreheaded is hard to tell at this point.

* [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuo]]. The psychic powers was just [[MyBrainIsBig logical progression]], really. While translated as "punk," Kaneda would call him "Dekosuke" (Forehead Boy) popularizing the insult.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''

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-->'''B'Elanna:''' "What's wrong with the sight lines?"
-->'''EMH:''' "If you consider the [[TheNapoleon height of the average Qomar]], it's obvious that anyone seated in the back five rows will have an obstructed view!"
-->'''B'Elanna:''' "You're right. They won't be able to see anything but the top of your head. [[DeadpanSnarker The glare could blind them!]]"

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* Johnny Kwango, a staple of the great age of British TV wrestling, was also famous for this, and the head butt was his signature move.[[/folder]]

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* John Patrick Douglass, creator of the YouTube channel Jacksfilms.

* Riko Saikawa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' stylizes her her hair in such a way that only half of her forehead is like this. She also has an omnipresent highlight that blinds one of her classmates during her introduction in the manga.

* [[http://oi68.tinypic.com/2zyfnyw.jpg Brian Vernel]], who played roles like [[http://oi63.tinypic.com/orqe0j.jpg Stuart "Fats" Wall]] in ''Series/TheCasualVacancy'', [[http://oi65.tinypic.com/2nbamnm.jpg space-pirate Bala-Tik]] in ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' and [[http://oi64.tinypic.com/3503xtz.jpg Odda The Younger]] from ''Series/TheLastKingdom'', has a very big (and slightly protruding) forehead....complete with BigOlEyebrows (his hairline may be in the early stages of receding, too).

* Yue Ayase in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. One of the [=OAVs=] had a scene which started as if it were looking at a character through a FishEyeLens, only to pull back and show it was the reflection off Yue's forehead.

* Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn''. The animators won't let us forget it.

** Sakura Haruno, although hers was of more realistic proportions. Quite a few people tease her about it in-universe, though.

* Pennywise in ''Film/It2017'' has a downright bulbous forehead to go with his UncannyValley look. Much like Hannibal, it helps him pull off the KubrickStare.

* The 1920 film version of ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (starring John Barrymore) had Hyde develop a monstrously large forehead with the hair sitting on top rather like a cap and then dangling down to emphasis the scalp. The character would wear a top hat and then slowly pull it off to reveal the ongoing forehead.

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* Riko Saikawa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has an omnipresent highlight on her forehead. It even seems to blind one of her classmates during her introduction in the anime.

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* Pennywise in ''Film/It2017'' has a downright bulbous forehead to go with his UncannyValley look.

* Pablito might be the smallest wrestler in World Wrestling League, but he's also got one of the most prominent foreheads.[[/folder]]

** #18 and #17 also have noteworthy foreheads. No wonder the former married Krillin.

** Cell's black head-dome seems to get bigger the more "perfect" he becomes, although the eye is more drawn to the organic green pope hat.

* Brian Vernel, who played roles like [[http://oi63.tinypic.com/orqe0j.jpg Stuart "Fats" Wall]] in ''Series/TheCasualVacancy'', [[http://oi65.tinypic.com/2nbamnm.jpg space-pirate Bala-Tik]] in ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' and [[http://oi64.tinypic.com/3503xtz.jpg Odda The Younger]] from ''Series/TheLastKingdom'', has a very big (and slightly protruding) forehead....complete with BigOlEyebrows (his hairline may be in the early stages of receding, too).

* The trope codifier in anime and manga is likely Dekoppachi from ''Manga/MoretsuAtaro'', whose name (deko meaning forehead), [[HardHead greatest strength]], and [[TheDeterminator headstrong nature]] are all centered around his potato-shaped caricature of a forehead. Whether he is named after dekoppachi as a pejorative or made it one for big-foreheaded is hard to tell at this point.