Thick Skull

Thick Skull
Hammerhead (Marvel Comics) truly lives up to his name.
Power/Ability to:	Have an incredibly thick and durable skull.

"If my head were any harder, you could use it for a cannon ball."

― Pazu, Castle in the Sky

"It would probably take a bolter shell to crack that thick skull of his."

― Commissar Ciaphas Cain, on Jurgen

"I shall break out of this cell using the hardest substance known to Mankind! MY HEAD!"

― Kremmen of the Star Corps

"My upper spinal support is a polyalloy designed for extreme stress. My skull is composed of cortenide and duranium."

― Data explaining to Nu'daq why his headbutt attempt failed (Star Trek: TNG)

The power to have an abnormally strong and durable skull. Variation of Unbreakable Bones.

Also Called

• Hard Head
• Strong Skull

Capabilities

The user's skull is incredibly durable and strong, enabling for powerful headbutts to no ill effect.

Applications

• Enhanced Durability
• Enhanced Strength
• Power Headbutt

Associations

• Enhanced Combat
• Horn Protrusion
• Natural Weaponry
• Psychic Shield - Having such a hard-head as to be immune to telepathy
• Unbreakable Bones

Limitations

• User's skull may only be able to endure a certain amount of impact.
• Enhanced strength and durability may be limited to the skull.
• User may have a small brain due to the skull being so thick.

Known Users

See Also: Hard Head and Use Your Head.

• Viltrumites (Image Comics)
• Arale Norimaki (Dr.Slump)
• Bonk (Bonk's Adventure)
• Ushiyama Tatsuma (Golden Kamuy)
• Vash The Stampede (Trigun)
• Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
• Hammerhead (Marvel Comics)
• Saiyans (Dragon Ball)
• Hammerhead (One Punch Man)
• Yusuke Urameshi (YuYu Hakusho)
• InuYasha (InuYasha)
• Rude (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• Curly (The Three Stooges)
• Marv Merchants (Home Alone)
• Fonzie (Happy Days)
• Mario (Super Mario)
• Luigi (Super Mario)
• Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
• Mega Man X (Mega Man X)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Chinjao (One Piece)
• Pokémon who can use "Headbutt", "Skull Bash", or "Iron Head" (Pokémon)
• Crashhopper (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Slobber Tooth (Skylanders)
• Jasper (Steven Universe)
• Edajima Heihachi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Crashocker (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Devil Boner (Channel Awesome)
• Princess Fiona (Shrek)
• Queen Lillian (Shrek)
• Akira Inugami (Wolf Guy)
• Tabbakumu/Ice Dragons (Combat of Giants)

Known Objects

• Wushu Helmet (Xiaolin Showdown)

Gallery

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) defeating Kuro with his Gomu Gomu no Kane.

By coating his pointed head with Busoshoku Haki, Chinjao (One Piece) performed a headbutt powerful enough to split open the immensely hard ice plains.

Homer's skull (The Simpsons) is a quarter inch thicker than the average skull which can protect him completely from cranial injury up to a certain point

Devil Boner (Channel Awesome) has 20 metal plates in his head, making his skull immune to all gun-fire.

A master of karate, Princess Fiona (Shrek) delivers a powerful headbutt to Prince Charming as payback for impersonating her husband.

Bonk (Bonk's Adventures)

Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump) using her famous headbutt on General Blue.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) headbutts Piccolo during their final showdown at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budōkai.

Jasper (Steven Universe) with her helmet.

Nolan (Image Comics) performs a headbutt on a Viltrumite soldier.

Mark Grayson/Invincible (Image Comics) finishes off Conquest by headbutting him repeatedly.

A thug dislocates his fist while punching Akira Inugami's (Wolf Guy) forehead.

Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)

Due to his skeleton being infused with Adamantium, Wolverine (Marvel Comics) can deliver incredibly hard headbutts, demonstrating with Deadpool...

....and Nuke.

Tabbakumu/Ice Dragons (Combat of Giants) primarily focus on headbutting opponents.