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Some observant shows may justify this with Jewish characters, because, by Jewish law, men may not shave for thirty days as means of mourning.
Subtrope or perhaps <s>Sister</s> [[Sister Trope|Brother Trope]] to [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: just as a goatee indicates evil, so does stubble/an unkempt beard indicate squalor. Also a subtrope of [[Expository Hairstyle Change]].
Contrast [[Perma Stubble]], which is the mark of a [[Badass]]. Also contrast with [[Wangst]], which is telling, while this trope is showing. Compare [[Perma Shave]], where no facial hair grows.
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* Flycatcher in [[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]] grows a massive orange beard whilst {{spoiler|mourning his lost family}}. He later implies that he hadn't even noticed it.
* [[Superman]] grows one while traveling space to protect the earth from the split personality he developed out of guilt after executing three Kryptonian criminals, although that may just have been because [[Justified Trope|he didn't pack his shaving kit]], since he was going on a voyage into space, after all.
** Also, most post-apocalyptic versions of Superman are be shown as having grown-out beards, most likely due to [[
* [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] grew one during his exile in the past. It was lampshade when he told his family that Doc Samson suggested that he shaved it so it won't remind him of the past.
* ''[[Savage Dragon]]'' did this early in his series when a girlfriend was killed.
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