"Using the arrows" would've sounded like gibberish just a couple of minutes ago, but it was like he gained a new power from the incantation. It was like how people's heads would explode in Lovecraft's stories because they've learned of unspeakable things (except, y'know, his head wasn't exploding).
"Hey! You were scanning me, weren't you? You were trying to make my head explode, you freaked-out maniac!"
— TV's Frank, Mystery Science Theater 3000, "Gunslinger"
"Boy, I didn't understand a word of what you said back there,
and it made a man's head explode."
and it made a man's head explode."— Dan McNinja, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja
"I also have some dim-dims. You use this word, dim-dims? The bullets that make the head explode?"
"Fuck the bonus."
— Nick Randall, Wanted: Dead Or Alive (1987), just before pulling the pin in the grenade in the Big Bad's mouth.
Raz: They may come for me, Dogen, but they'll be looking for Raz, the boy. What they're going to find, what they don't expect, is Raz, the Psychonaut.
Dogen: A-A-And then you'll make their heads explode?
Raz: No! ...Do you do that?
Dogen: No! Well, once... kinda.
Raz: No! ...Do you do that?
Dogen: No! Well, once... kinda.
"I can't believe your head exploded. If your head explodes, you'll never make it as a doctor."
— Dr. Cox, Scrubs, "My Mentor"
Diplomat: I must ask that you watch what you say. Our country is a civilized, peace-loving nation.
Major Motoko Kusanagi: [hidden by thermoptic camouflage] Is that a fact?
[Two bullets are fired into the diplomat's head, and moments later, the diplomat's head explodes.]
Major Motoko Kusanagi: [hidden by thermoptic camouflage] Is that a fact?
[Two bullets are fired into the diplomat's head, and moments later, the diplomat's head explodes.]
"So you see, these are people vested with incredible powers, yet haven't the compulsion to use them. Now, listen carefully, Johnny. Though you feel none of the effects of this place, you DO have some of these powers. You are here by some form of mistake, so I ask you to be VERY careful....[These kind of powers] seems to vary from person to person...So you must refrain from the thought of such things, 'lest you explode someone's HEAD."
— Damned Elize, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
"Ghost in the Shell opens with what might be the most technically impressive rendition of an exploding head in the history of Japanese animation, and if you know your Japanese cartoons, you know that's a hell of an accolade."
— IGN review of Ghost in the Shell 2.0
"...But it was too late! His head exploded!"
— Ed, Ed, Edd n Eddy
"Is it true that there's a place in a man's head where, if you shoot it, it will blow up?"
— Danny Butterman, Hot Fuzz
"Here, Mike, this will explain everything."
— Mike Dawson's mother, Dark Seed II, before losing her head, explaining nothing.
"Elia Martell! I killed her children, then I raped her! THEN I SMASHED HER HEAD IN, LIKE THIS! *Sickening "Crunch!"*
— Gregor Clegane, Game of Thrones
Matt Ryan: So if it's not them, then who really does own the Packers?
Russell Wilson: I do.
Aaron Rodgers: WILSON, I WILL… I WILL…. ARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Posts .gif of exploding head from Scanners)
Joe Flacco: Well, what do you know? He did itnote in under three words.
Russell Wilson: I do.
Aaron Rodgers: WILSON, I WILL… I WILL…. ARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Posts .gif of exploding head from Scanners)
Joe Flacco: Well, what do you know? He did itnote in under three words.
— NFL Quarterbacks On Facebook: Championships and Giggles
"I have to make this quick before she finds more heads to explode."
"Such a fragile thing, the human mind. Hardly takes any effort at all to make it snap.
[drug addict's head explodes]
You see? Quite sad."
[drug addict's head explodes]
You see? Quite sad."
— Dr. Killjoy, The Suffering: Ties That Bind
"Hello, test subjects! Good news first: our telekinesis incubation program has been a huge success. Bad news: the candidate screening process was a lot less successful. Let me tell ya, we picked up a real bunch of smart-alecks to give mind powers to. [taps on microphone] Hey! STOP BLOWING UP HEADS. You know what? Negotiation's over. I'd like you all to meet Terry. He's gonna—
[BOOM]
Oh, real funny, guys. But you know what? Joke's on you! I taped all your paychecks to Terry's head. Ha! Why don't you put that in your head and blow it up!"
[BOOM]
Oh, real funny, guys. But you know what? Joke's on you! I taped all your paychecks to Terry's head. Ha! Why don't you put that in your head and blow it up!"
— Cave Johnson, Portal 2: Perpetual Testing Initiative
Angel: You're trying to decipher what you took out of Lorne's head. Hundreds of psychics probing and prodding— Well, not quite that many now, because every time they peel back a layer, their brains end up decorating the walls.
Lilah: You should see the cleaning bill. Now that is terrifying.
Lilah: You should see the cleaning bill. Now that is terrifying.
— Angel, "Apocalypse, Nowish"
Nurse Preston's cheeks inflated like a football, and his forehead bulged. White stretches of scalp showed in his hair. The neck expanded, and rips grew under the now-tiny-seeming ears. Panicked eyes shrank in gaping sockets. Seams appeared in his skin, and parted, showing red and muscle. The flesh swelled around the nose, making the protuberance an indentation.
Then Preston's head exploded.
Then Preston's head exploded.
— Kim Newman's "Bloody Students"
Fate put his hands to his helmet, lifted it off, and, swooping low, jammed it over the red helmet of his enemy. The power of Order, imbued within the golden helm, had an immediate reaction with the powers within Satanis's headgear.
There was an explosion everyone could hear, and what happened to Lord Satanis was not at all pretty to look upon.
Kent Nelson, standing in his blue and gold uniform, hesitated a second. Then he reached out, separated his own helmet from Satanis's, and replaced it on his head. Thankfully, it contained no baleful energies. He then took Satanis’s helmet. It came away from his body, with what was left of his head inside.
There was an explosion everyone could hear, and what happened to Lord Satanis was not at all pretty to look upon.
Kent Nelson, standing in his blue and gold uniform, hesitated a second. Then he reached out, separated his own helmet from Satanis's, and replaced it on his head. Thankfully, it contained no baleful energies. He then took Satanis’s helmet. It came away from his body, with what was left of his head inside.
"Cranial blowout!"
— Undertaker, BrainDead
"Wouldn't it be interesting if the only way you could die was that suddenly your head blew up? If there were no other causes of death? Everyone died the same way? Sooner or later, without warning, your head simply exploded."
Miles O'Brien: It finally died from excessive cephalic pressures.
Wesley Crusher: You mean...?
O'Brien: That's right. The animal's head exploded like...
Wesley Crusher: You mean...?
O'Brien: That's right. The animal's head exploded like...
"Wednesday?! Isn't it Sunday yet?! Thursday, I've just gotta stop. Why did I make this bet? I feel like my head will pop! But even if my head pops off, I still won't let them win. My bodiless head will smile and grin!"
— Francine Frensky, Arthur, official CD
"Now it's time for my head to burst. Good day."
— Flavor text of Porccubus, Lobotomy Corporation
Toad: I explode his head. I can't stand this guy any longer.
SMG4: Are you sure you want to-?
Toad: YES.
[Smash Cut back to the game world, the clerk's head suddenly explodes and he falls to the floor, dead]
Wizard Toad: Welp. I think that's a good ending for me.
SMG4: Are you sure you want to-?
Toad: YES.
[Smash Cut back to the game world, the clerk's head suddenly explodes and he falls to the floor, dead]
Wizard Toad: Welp. I think that's a good ending for me.
