History Main / SunkenFace

* In ''Literature/{{Katanagatari}} Togame's face is left a wrinkly sunken mess when Shiraichi uses it as an impromptu jump pad.

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* ''Film/SpiderMan3'': During the fight between Spider-man and Sandman in the subway, Spider-man, using a passing train to propel himself, lands a powered punch into Sandman's face. Since Sandman is made of, well, ''sand'', Spidey's attack left a fist-shaped crater in Sandman's cheek, which refills itself in a couple seconds.

As a subtrope of AmusingInjuries expect this to be played solely for laughs.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'': Every time Quiz the robot parrot thumps Nobita, Gian and Suneo in their faces when they got a wrong answer for his quizzes will result in a comical-looking sunken face.
* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'': during the final shodown with Genma, Jubei at one point punches him in the face ''[[BodyHorror until his face caves in all the way]]''. Unfortunately, Genma has a HealingFactor so strong such a gruesome wound is just a temporary setback.
* Jin Mikuriya receives a crater in 3rd episode of ''Manga/{{Kannagi|CrazyShrineMaidens}}'' OVA, when Nagi snaps and [[DisproportionateRetribution knees him in the face]] after learning, that the entire haunted storeroom thing was a ruse.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': during the battle against Ceasar Clown, Luffy smacks him with a MegatonPunch so strong he's left with the imprint of his fist across his nose, giving him a lisp for the rest of the battle. A more cartoony example happens when [[spoiler: Luffy, having Awakened his [[RealityWarper Devil Fruit]], does such a trick on Kaidou himself.]]
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': During ''Journeys'', Goh sometimes gets the Pokéballs he throws at the Pokémon deflected right back at him, caving in his face.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': A [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss it]] moment, but [[spoiler:Prince Han]]'s face is briefly caved in when Anna punches him.

* ''Film/TheGreasyStrangler'': the Senegalese tourist is dispatched by the eponymous character in such a manner.

* Played with in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural Scoobynatural]]", an episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' where Sam and Dean cross over into a Scooby episode. When they first arrive, cartoon Dean slaps cartoon Sam in the face, briefly leaving his handprint on Sam's cheek. Sam has to rapidly shake his head back and forth to make his face return to normal.

* In the Bounty/Operative route of ''VideoGame/CompletingTheMission'', Henry can choose to do a Dance-Off at every choice option. The third time he can do this, the Right-Hand Man punches his face in, leaving a smooshed mark and causing a FAIL.

* When the ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' villain Hench Wench [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-893-ima-punch-you-so-hard/ punches mister Amorphous]] (a hero with stretching abilities) in the back of the head, we get a face sunk ''outwards''. Which is [[BodyHorror deeply traumatizing for everyone involved]], not the least of which being his girlfriend.
-->'''Mr. Amorphous:''' Wow, that felt weird. Kind of like when your eyelid gets flipped over, but for my whole head... What?\\
'''Heatwave:''' Oooooh, baby. I'm gonna need some time to process that.

* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': Scarlet tries to free the goat-man Thumbless from the Winter Witch's clutches by dousing her with water, à la Dorothy versus the Wicked Witch. Scarlet throws a bucket with a champagne bottle at the Winter Witch, not noticing that the water in the bucket is frozen solid. The Witch takes a solid ice block to the face in strip #921, and the resulting imploded face is seen clearly in strip #924.

* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'': During the Creator/JimCarrey[=/=]Music/MariahCarey fight, Mariah punches Jim hard enough to turn his face into a crater. Jim plays it off by asking if Mariah saw the "tiny fly" that "landed gently" on his face, before stretching it back to normal.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'', the titular protagonist eats a whole puckerberry before Mung Daal can warn him not to. It is so sour it causes Chowder's entire head to pucker in on itself, leading him on a journey inside his own body.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "A Mile in My Shoes", Timmy gets a dodgeball straight into his face. When the ball falls off, his face is concave until Wanda fixes it. It happens again later in the episode when he falls face-first into a pit filled with dodgeballs.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat", Daffy accuses a hotel manager of insulting him and gets ''way'' too far in his face about it.
-->'''Daffy:''' Hey, look! A ComicStrip/DickTracy character: Pruneface!
* On the WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShort "Tummy Trouble", Mrs. Herman points her finger at Roger as she warns him not to let Baby Herman get hurt, pushing it so far into his face it caves in briefly before popping back out.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[MadScientist Professor Frink]] demonstrates his latest invention, a sour candy so sour it has to be suspended in a magnetic field to keep from eating through its container... only to notice it's gone missing. Cut to Homer, his mouth collapsed in on itself, [[ImplausibleDeniability shrugging and making a muffled "I dunno" sound.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Ghost Host", [=SpongeBob=] pounds on Squidward's door and accidentally pounds his face in when he opens it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': In ''Cue Ball Cat'', this happens to Tom when Jerry throws a billiard ball at his face.
* One of Creator/BillPlympton's favorite things to draw. As early as his short ''25 Ways to Quit Smoking'' he was using this gag; one of the ways suggested involves punching yourself in the face every time you take a drag.

* Jin Mikuriya receives a crater in 3rd episode of ''Manga/{{Kannagi|CrazyShrineMaidens}}'' OVA, when Nagi snaps and [[DisproportionateRetribution]] knees him in the face after learning, that the entire haunted storeroom thing was a ruse.

* Jin Mikuriya receives a crater in 3rd episode of ''[[Manga/KannagiCrazyShrineMaidens Kannagi]]'', when Nagi snaps and [[DisproportionateRetribution]] knees him in the face after learning, that the entire haunted storeroom thing was a ruse.

* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'': during the final shodown with Genma, Jubei at one point punches him in the face ''[[BodyHorror until his face doesn't cave in all the way]]''. Unfortunately, Genma has a HealingFactor so strong such a gruesome wound is just a temporary setback.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': During "Journeys", Goh sometimes gets the Pokéballs he throws at the Pokémon deflected right back at him, caving in his face.

A character gets hit in their face but instead of a bloody gaping hole or a gruesomely disfigured face, they end up with a funny thing similar to when you crumple a blanket. Their facial features sink inwards and a few wrinkles appear in their place.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "A Mile in My Shoes", Timmy gets a dodgeball straight into his face. When the ball falls off, his face is concave until Wanda fixes it. It happens again later in the episode, when he falls face first into a pit filled with dodgeballs.

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* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Allison reacts to a [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/king-of-swords-7-62/ surprise encounter]] with the villainous GodEmperor Gog-Agog by punching a hole into her face. Being TheWormThatWalks, she's [[GoodThingYouCanHeal unharmed]], but is a bit annoyed to be the butt of [[RunningGag yet another]] {{Amusing Injur|ies}}y.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' During ''Journeys'', Goh sometimes gets the Pokeballs he throws at the Pokemon deflected right back at him, caving in his face.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': A [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss it]] moment, but [[spoiler:Prince Han]]'s face is briefly caved in when Anna punches him.

* Played with in ''[[Recap/SupernaturalS13E16ScoobyNatural Scoobynatural]]'', an episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' where Sam and Dean cross over into a Scooby episode. When they first arrive, cartoon Dean slaps cartoon Sam in the face, briefly leaving his handprint on Sam's cheek. Sam has to rapidly shake his head back and forth to make his face return to normal.

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* When the ''WebComic/GrrlPower'' villain Hench Wench [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-893-ima-punch-you-so-hard/ punches mister Amorphous]] (a hero with stretching abilities) in the back of the head, we get a face sunk ''outwards''. Which is [[BodyHorror deeply traumatizing for everyone involved]], not the least of which being his girlfriend.
-->'''Mr. Amorphous:''' Wow, that felt weird. Kind of like when your eyelid gets flipped over, but for my whole head... What?
-->'''Heatwave:''' Oooooh, baby. I'm gonna need some time to process that.

* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'': Scarlet tries to free the goat-man Thumbless from the Winter Witch's clutches by dousing her with water, a la Dorothy versus the Wicked Witch. Scarlet throws a bucket with a champagne bottle at the Winter Witch, not noticing that the water in the bucket is frozen solid. The Witch takes a solid ice block to the face in strip #921, and the resulting imploded face is seen clearly in strip #924.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In ''WesternAnimation/PorkyPigsFeat'', Daffy accuses a hotel manager of insulting him and gets ''way'' too far in his face about it.

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