# Head butts in cinema (or on tv) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296 "2007-08-03T14:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/41 "2007-08-04T01:55:14Z")
In John Waters’s _A Dirty Shame_, a head butt becomes a new erotic technique… ---
**Author:** ![TastesLikeBurning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@TastesLikeBurning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TastesLikeBurning)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/42 "2007-08-04T02:08:24Z")
[Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - (1998)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/43 "2007-08-04T02:29:36Z")
Does it have to be a human victim? Because Burt Reynolds head butts a jukebox in _Hooper_. ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/44 "2007-08-04T02:45:31Z")
In the TV series _Angel_ there are a number of head butts. (I’m watching the series for the first time on DVD) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/45 "2007-08-04T09:40:46Z")
On the extras of the _Lord of The Rings_ DVD for _The Return of the King_, IIRC (could be _Two Towers_) there’s a whole bit about Viggo Mortensen’s camaraderie with the stunt actors, that involved quite a bit of head-butting as ritual greeting. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/46 "2007-08-04T12:51:32Z")
Just on the BBC last night, Ace Ventura, head butt from a man performed on a woman too. Nice head butt in the second Mad Max film, in fact quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/47 "2007-08-04T15:51:52Z")
There was a forehead to the nose headbutt in the utter piece of shit I watched last night called _Rancid Aluminum._ ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/48 "2007-08-04T17:30:30Z")
IIRC, the headbutt was a common tactic by one of the ex-soldiers in **Dead Presidents**. A tactic that he learned in battle (Vietnam?) was how to headbutt somebody so that their nose was broken and blood sprayed out of their face. This happened a lot. > **[Dead Presidents (1995) ⭐ 6.9 | Action, Crime, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112819/)** > > 1h 59m | R ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/49 "2007-08-06T17:41:43Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] There’s a harsh face-to-face one in the _Farscape_ episode “Die Me, Dichotomy,” the last episode of the second season. [/QUOTE] Replying to my own post to correct myself: the incident in that episode was not technically a headbutt. I swap that one out for an actual one during a fight in _Farscape_ episode 1.11, “Till the Blood Runs Clear.” I think there are quite a few during the series, just not in the one instance I noted, which was different head trauma. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/50 "2007-08-06T18:13:01Z")
_My Left Foot_, IIRC. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/51 "2007-08-06T18:14:12Z")
The second episode of the third season of **Weeds** features Andy being head butted by a very large eskimo bounty hunter. He falls down, has a bloody nose, etc… ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/52 "2007-08-06T18:17:24Z")
Just this week, I saw the Black Canary deliver a wicked head butt to Vixen in the _Grudge Match_ episode of _Justice League Unlimited_. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/53 "2007-08-10T13:07:53Z")
Here’s the report folks:[http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mheadbutting.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mheadbutting.html) We’re still editing it, of course (see [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8826064&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8826064&postcount=6) ), and I’ve suggested adding some more stuff from this thread. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/54 "2007-08-10T13:16:02Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Does it have to be a human victim? [/QUOTE] And does it have to be a human aggressor? I swear I saw Sandra Bullock get kitty cat headbutts in some movie or another. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/55 "2007-08-12T00:12:06Z")
Naruto executes a head butt to his opponent’s head in a fight somewhere between Episodes 60-80 of the anime. Nice staff report, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/56 "2007-08-12T06:49:47Z")
Jason Bourne gets head-butted by a fellow assassin whom he had handcuffed with a plastic tie in _The Bourne Supremacy_. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/57 "2007-08-12T17:02:27Z")
In _Blackadder II_ and _Blackadder Goes Forth_ , Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart delivers a “Glasgow Kiss”–and both times to a character played by Tim McInerney (Lord Percy and Captain Darling)! ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/58 "2007-08-15T22:51:02Z")
“The Mummy” and “The Mummy Returns.” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/59 "2007-08-15T23:40:31Z")
In the promos for this week’s episode of _Mythbusters_, Adam head-butts a car window and shatters it. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296/60 "2007-08-16T16:10:01Z")
File Adam’s window-breaking under stunts and special effects tricks… When I watched the show last night, it became evident that he was using a clever bit of misdirection - as his head approached the glass, he pressed a spring-loaded punch against the window to break it. You see his head approacing the window, but don’t notice his nearly stationary hand at the bottom of the frame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-butts-in-cinema-or-on-tv/414296.md?page=4)