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[[YourHeadASplode Heads blowing up]] in {{Webcomics}}.
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%%* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': "And oh my goodness you just dropped a sprocket and some guy over there said Queen Victoria was stupid." ''[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p38 Boom.]]''
* Axel has the ability to make people's heads explode in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. So far, it's been seen used twice:
** The first time was against a cowboy that coincidentally was in the replacement cast. Lulu said it was his just desserts for dissing ''Film/TheGodfather''.
** The second time was the entire population of Jericho, New York. Odds are, they probably deserved it.
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': Ran's head explodes when he's hit with a technobabble overdose. In addition, using the time-freezing Flash power on [[CaffeineBulletTime Quick Man]] causes a loud pop and a large mess.
* From ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Charby understood why he felt he had such a mind-blowing experience when he spotted a piece of his own brain stuck on a friend's suit. How fast Charby noticed it tends to be mind bl.. er, to show that he's still street smart even with a piece of brain missing. Charby also had punched Zeno with perfect accuracy on the face while still headless! What a badass!
** And way back from the earlier comics, there was Charby and Zeno's attack on Rodericke's lair. [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/237/comic_archive Bang.]]
* The Oculots of ''Webcomic/EnemyQuest'' cause this when they use their [[Main/{{Telepathy}} telepathy]] on non-Oculots. [[spoiler: They pay for it by getting feedback from the victim in the form of last thoughts, chunks of memories, and the sensation of death.]] Understandably, they don't like doing it.
* In ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', Ian does this to an elven guard sneaking up behind him while talking to Meji. [[OffhandBackhand Without turning around]]. [[http://www.errantstory.com/2008-04-11/794 With sound effect]].
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': The head of a psychic lab uses a hologram to contact the inquisition. The holo [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2014-02-05/comic/tangled-web/stay-sanguine/ shows him covered in blood]], calling for a mop, and he explains that an anomaly "took out" two of his psykers. He also suggests giving psykers helmets in the future... to catch the splatter.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Qwerty mentions that his fellow robots are concerned that this is a possible reaction to robots intentionally circumventing their [[RestrainingBolt safeguards]], in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01451.htm this strip]].
* This will happen to Frankie in ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein'' if Stein takes her [[spoiler:time-travelling]], at least according to Shelly.
* According to ''Webcomic/GetYourWarOn'', this can be caused by calling UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "brilliant".
* In one of the alternate universes in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', Minmax is a powerful psion who does this to his party members.
* ''Webcomic/HitmenForDestiny'' uses the legend where chickens are still alive after being decapitated. [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=42579 Death Rage Chickens]] become aggressive while decapitated.
* This happens in ''Webcomic/HaruSari'' [[spoiler:when a rogue elf blows up Alberich's dad's head]].
* This happened in the polyamorous comic ''Jake the Rake'' episode aptly entitled [[http://www.thisismarcus.com/jake/fourteen.htm "Explode Assumptions"]].
* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' this is [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2006/kk0122.html apparently a consequence]] of sudden {{Squick}}. At higher levels of Squick, [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2003/kk1124.html it can lead to]] a head ''implosion''.
* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'': [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2009/05/death-is-expensive-punchlines-are-cheap/ Say hello to Sedja!]]
** This also gets subverted the second time we see her: the Children of Gabriel [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/10/ride-that-rocket/ expect the worst]] when she forces the one kid who tries to attack her with an AerosolFlamethrower to inhale her, but [[spoiler:she makes him [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomit her back up instead]], {{Squick}}ing the rest of the crowd and forcing them to scatter.]]
* In ''Marsh Rocket''. With a double-page {{NSFW}} spread. Ouchies. The character deserved it though.
* Amongst the contributors that make up the webcomic community The Middle Ground (www.mgcomics.com), the former author known as Maikeru is known in-comic for making peoples' heads explode.
* In one ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' story, this sort of curse is inflicted upon the title character ''twice''. The first one will cause his head to explode if he reveals the secret that the {{Mooks}} tell him, while the second (inflicted by different Mooks) will turn his brain into spinach artichoke dip if he does so. After both curses are accidentally both triggered ''at the same time'', the BigBad remarks, "This is why I have to keep firing the help..." (Fortunately for Nodwick, Piffany is [[DeathIsNotPermanent close by]].)
* Wonderella did it to herself in [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/10/24/the-blast-supper/ this]] ''WebComic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' when she realized that, technically speaking, [[spoiler: Jesus can be considered transgender.]]
* In ''Webcomic/PricklyCity'', Winslow object that they can't go away with the election in November. Carmen points out that it's ''next year.'' Winslow's reaction is the trope -- and "When do we head off? -- No pun intended."
* Happens to [[spoiler:an alien]] in ''Webcomic/RomanticallyApocalyptic''. The cause? TheCaptain giving them a ''really angry'' DeathGlare.
* When the comic protagonist Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' draws a picture that somehow manages to combine all known fetishes, [[http://collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 his housemate Pip's head explodes]] upon looking at it. Don't worry, though -- it was OnlyAFleshWound.
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', when it happens to Ebbirnoth. Ebby happens to be a [[BizarreAlienBiology Unioc]], whose "head" is one big eyeball. It's messy and very painful when a sniper pops it, but Ebby is still all right because all of his vital organs (including his brain) are in his torso. Doesn't stop the sniper from thinking that he's dead, though.
* ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'': [[spoiler: Jacinto gets [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] twice]]. Combined with PsychicStrangle in the case of [[spoiler:Márcia]].
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': When Cassidy attempts to [[spoiler:violently interrogate Undine]] during their sparring match, Bud soon arrives and [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-14-page-29 attempts to break up the fight]] via a laser blast through the head of one of Cassidy's [[DoppelgangerAttack clones]], destroying it instantly.
* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "GOFOTRON Champion of the Cosmos", the [[NighInvulnerable invincible]] [[ComicBook/{{Lobo}} Lodoze]] faced off against the just badass [[KillerRabbit Bun-bun]]. The fight ended quickly after Bun-bun shoved his gun entirely up Lodoze's nose and then hit him in the face with a bar stool, blowing up the back of his head. [[HealingFactor That slowed him down]] [[ImplacableMan for a bit.]]
* This happened in ''Webcomic/{{Terinu}}'' when [[spoiler: when Terinu's powers traumatically activated and blew off the head of his kidnapper.]]
* ''Webcomic/Trevor2020'': Private Young‘s grey matter goes flying from the sheer force of [[spoiler: Trevor]] biting into his skull.
* Robots in ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' actually win arguments this way. it generally goes like this:
-->'''Drone:''' I will not do that/go there and you can't make me!\\
'''Vexxarr:''' Oh, ''can't I??''\\
'''Drone:''' '''[[StuffBlowingUp BAM!!]]'''\
'''Vexxarr:''' Okay, you win.
* In the ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' side story ''Vienne of Seferpine'', Vienne has a magic weapon that can do this, kept for self-defense in case the government comes for her. It's more of a "your head disintegrates" than "your head explodes", though. She uses it later in the story, [[ChekhovsGun obviously]].
-->And then the stranger’s head was gone. The stump of his cleanly-truncated neck gouted poppy-red blood. Vienne flinched away. The rest of him spasmed like the chicken she’d strangled for Mathis’ uneaten dinner two nights earlier. Then the body slumped to the mud and Vienne remembered to breathe again.
* Mela in ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'' manages to simply shrug off her head being blown off in a fight. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she [[BrainUploading saved her brain in a black box]] just in case of emergency and has been living in a man-made body for some time.]]
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[[YourHeadASplode Heads blowing up]] in {{Webcomics}}.
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%%* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': "And oh my goodness you just dropped a sprocket and some guy over there said Queen Victoria was stupid." ''[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p38 Boom.]]''
* Axel has the ability to make people's heads explode in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. So far, it's been seen used twice:
** The first time was against a cowboy that coincidentally was in the replacement cast. Lulu said it was his just desserts for dissing ''Film/TheGodfather''.
** The second time was the entire population of Jericho, New York. Odds are, they probably deserved it.
* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': Ran's head explodes when he's hit with a technobabble overdose. In addition, using the time-freezing Flash power on [[CaffeineBulletTime Quick Man]] causes a loud pop and a large mess.
* From ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Charby understood why he felt he had such a mind-blowing experience when he spotted a piece of his own brain stuck on a friend's suit. How fast Charby noticed it tends to be mind bl.. er, to show that he's still street smart even with a piece of brain missing. Charby also had punched Zeno with perfect accuracy on the face while still headless! What a badass!
** And way back from the earlier comics, there was Charby and Zeno's attack on Rodericke's lair. [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/237/comic_archive Bang.]]
* The Oculots of ''Webcomic/EnemyQuest'' cause this when they use their [[Main/{{Telepathy}} telepathy]] on non-Oculots. [[spoiler: They pay for it by getting feedback from the victim in the form of last thoughts, chunks of memories, and the sensation of death.]] Understandably, they don't like doing it.
* In ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', Ian does this to an elven guard sneaking up behind him while talking to Meji. [[OffhandBackhand Without turning around]]. [[http://www.errantstory.com/2008-04-11/794 With sound effect]].
* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': The head of a psychic lab uses a hologram to contact the inquisition. The holo [[http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2014-02-05/comic/tangled-web/stay-sanguine/ shows him covered in blood]], calling for a mop, and he explains that an anomaly "took out" two of his psykers. He also suggests giving psykers helmets in the future... to catch the splatter.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Qwerty mentions that his fellow robots are concerned that this is a possible reaction to robots intentionally circumventing their [[RestrainingBolt safeguards]], in [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01451.htm this strip]].
* This will happen to Frankie in ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein'' if Stein takes her [[spoiler:time-travelling]], at least according to Shelly.
* According to ''Webcomic/GetYourWarOn'', this can be caused by calling UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush "brilliant".
* In one of the alternate universes in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', Minmax is a powerful psion who does this to his party members.
* ''Webcomic/HitmenForDestiny'' uses the legend where chickens are still alive after being decapitated. [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=42579 Death Rage Chickens]] become aggressive while decapitated.
* This happens in ''Webcomic/HaruSari'' [[spoiler:when a rogue elf blows up Alberich's dad's head]].
* This happened in the polyamorous comic ''Jake the Rake'' episode aptly entitled [[http://www.thisismarcus.com/jake/fourteen.htm "Explode Assumptions"]].
* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' this is [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2006/kk0122.html apparently a consequence]] of sudden {{Squick}}. At higher levels of Squick, [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2003/kk1124.html it can lead to]] a head ''implosion''.
* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'': [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2009/05/death-is-expensive-punchlines-are-cheap/ Say hello to Sedja!]]
** This also gets subverted the second time we see her: the Children of Gabriel [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/10/ride-that-rocket/ expect the worst]] when she forces the one kid who tries to attack her with an AerosolFlamethrower to inhale her, but [[spoiler:she makes him [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomit her back up instead]], {{Squick}}ing the rest of the crowd and forcing them to scatter.]]
* In ''Marsh Rocket''. With a double-page {{NSFW}} spread. Ouchies. The character deserved it though.
* Amongst the contributors that make up the webcomic community The Middle Ground (www.mgcomics.com), the former author known as Maikeru is known in-comic for making peoples' heads explode.
* In one ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'' story, this sort of curse is inflicted upon the title character ''twice''. The first one will cause his head to explode if he reveals the secret that the {{Mooks}} tell him, while the second (inflicted by different Mooks) will turn his brain into spinach artichoke dip if he does so. After both curses are accidentally both triggered ''at the same time'', the BigBad remarks, "This is why I have to keep firing the help..." (Fortunately for Nodwick, Piffany is [[DeathIsNotPermanent close by]].)
* Wonderella did it to herself in [[http://nonadventures.com/2015/10/24/the-blast-supper/ this]] ''WebComic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' when she realized that, technically speaking, [[spoiler: Jesus can be considered transgender.]]
* In ''Webcomic/PricklyCity'', Winslow object that they can't go away with the election in November. Carmen points out that it's ''next year.'' Winslow's reaction is the trope -- and "When do we head off? -- No pun intended."
* Happens to [[spoiler:an alien]] in ''Webcomic/RomanticallyApocalyptic''. The cause? TheCaptain giving them a ''really angry'' DeathGlare.
* When the comic protagonist Art in ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' draws a picture that somehow manages to combine all known fetishes, [[http://collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=665 his housemate Pip's head explodes]] upon looking at it. Don't worry, though -- it was OnlyAFleshWound.
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', when it happens to Ebbirnoth. Ebby happens to be a [[BizarreAlienBiology Unioc]], whose "head" is one big eyeball. It's messy and very painful when a sniper pops it, but Ebby is still all right because all of his vital organs (including his brain) are in his torso. Doesn't stop the sniper from thinking that he's dead, though.
* ''{{Webcomic/Sarilho}}'': [[spoiler: Jacinto gets [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] twice]]. Combined with PsychicStrangle in the case of [[spoiler:Márcia]].
* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': When Cassidy attempts to [[spoiler:violently interrogate Undine]] during their sparring match, Bud soon arrives and [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/chapter-14-page-29 attempts to break up the fight]] via a laser blast through the head of one of Cassidy's [[DoppelgangerAttack clones]], destroying it instantly.
* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "GOFOTRON Champion of the Cosmos", the [[NighInvulnerable invincible]] [[ComicBook/{{Lobo}} Lodoze]] faced off against the just badass [[KillerRabbit Bun-bun]]. The fight ended quickly after Bun-bun shoved his gun entirely up Lodoze's nose and then hit him in the face with a bar stool, blowing up the back of his head. [[HealingFactor That slowed him down]] [[ImplacableMan for a bit.]]
* This happened in ''Webcomic/{{Terinu}}'' when [[spoiler: when Terinu's powers traumatically activated and blew off the head of his kidnapper.]]
* ''Webcomic/Trevor2020'': Private Young‘s grey matter goes flying from the sheer force of [[spoiler: Trevor]] biting into his skull.
* Robots in ''Webcomic/{{Vexxarr}}'' actually win arguments this way. it generally goes like this:
-->'''Drone:''' I will not do that/go there and you can't make me!\\
'''Vexxarr:''' Oh, ''can't I??''\\
'''Drone:''' '''[[StuffBlowingUp BAM!!]]'''\
'''Vexxarr:''' Okay, you win.
* In the ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' side story ''Vienne of Seferpine'', Vienne has a magic weapon that can do this, kept for self-defense in case the government comes for her. It's more of a "your head disintegrates" than "your head explodes", though. She uses it later in the story, [[ChekhovsGun obviously]].
-->And then the stranger’s head was gone. The stump of his cleanly-truncated neck gouted poppy-red blood. Vienne flinched away. The rest of him spasmed like the chicken she’d strangled for Mathis’ uneaten dinner two nights earlier. Then the body slumped to the mud and Vienne remembered to breathe again.
* Mela in ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'' manages to simply shrug off her head being blown off in a fight. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she [[BrainUploading saved her brain in a black box]] just in case of emergency and has been living in a man-made body for some time.]]
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