Ichigo eventually becomes powerful enough to grab Aizen by the face and drag him to a battlefield of Ichigo's choice the man-handling and violence of being thrown to the ground doesn't hurt Aizen anywhere near as much as the damage Ichigo does to his pride. Ichigo's inner Hollow does this to Ichigo during their Battle in the Center of the Mind and the inner Hollow later does this to Ulquiorra, a tit-for-tat response to Ulquiorra having earlier performed the same move on Ichigo. Grimmjow does this to both Rukia and Ichigo, while unleashing a Cero at point-blank range.

Bleach: A sign that there's a large imbalance of power is when one combatant grabs their opponent by the head and violently throws them away.

The Big O: The eponymous mecha's signature attack (Sudden Impact) can work like this by it grabbing an opponent's head and retracting the pressurized pistons inside the arms and subsequently releasing them for massive damage.

After interrogating him, he then throws the knight at a horse-riding enemy, still gripping him by the face, just before taking the Dragonslayer to the both of them.

Guts from Berserk does this to a scummy knight of the Holy Iron Chain during the 'Retribution' arc, actually lifting him off the ground by his face despite his heavy suit of armor.

Baoh The main character is capable of producing corrosive acid from his hands which is quite capable of melting people alive, leading to more than a few instances of this.

Baki the Grappler: Dorian's ultimate technique is a tiny bomb hidden in his palm so he can blow someone's face off with it.

Baccano!, in which the immortals, most notably Szilard, 'consume' one another by placing their right palm on someone's forehead and essentially vacuuming up their entire body in an exceptionally grisly manner.

The formerly Bishōnen enemy is left with permanent scars on half of his face and later adopts a rather large Eyepatch of Power. In Alive: The Final Evolution, the normally Idiot Hero protagonist goes Let's Get Dangerous! on a powerful enemy and does this using his heat powers.It is essentially the bare-handed equivalent of shooting an opponent executioner-style, and carries many of the same connotations. Due to the nastiness inherent in assaulting someone's visage, as well as the frightening potential for Eye Scream, this trope is generally indicative of The Unfettered, an Anti- or Unscrupulous Hero, the Obviously Evil, or someone who has had their Berserk Button mashed extremely hard or otherwise reached their Rage-Breaking Point. As you can imagine, such a move is probably extremely painful and is usually pretty high up there in terms of power. of Doom, is basically when you grab someone by the face, or sometimes just by the head, but usually the face, and proceed to unleash the pain by releasing some kind of energy, activating a weapon contained in the hand, or in a more bloody series, crushing it. The Facepalm of Doom, named so because it is a Facepalm. Sometimes, you just need to give them the Facepalm of Doom for massive damage. Sometimes, The Hero deserves to know just how powerful you are when you're Drunk on the Dark Side. Sometimes, you just gotta burn that smirk off of The Dragon's face in the most direct and painful manner possible.

Sometimes, you need to let the Big Bad have it right where it hurts.

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