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Nice, distinctive hair you have there, Ms Heroine or Mr. Hero! But sadly, it's going to be a problem for you. Perhaps you find yourself in the midst of a [[Stern Chase]], dodging trouble from the Space Mafia or close to getting your secret agent cover blown. You have a choice: Dye or Die.
Nice, distinctive hair you have there, Ms Heroine or Mr. Hero! But sadly, it's going to be a problem for you. Perhaps you find yourself in the midst of a [[Stern Chase]], dodging trouble from the Space Mafia or close to getting your secret agent cover blown. You have a choice: '''Dye or Die'''.


So, you have to dye your hair as a disguise. Bye-bye, blonde highlights.
So, you have to dye your hair as a disguise. Bye-bye, blonde highlights.
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* In the Holocaust-set novel ''[[Number the Stars]]'', Peter has distinctive red hair and must keep a hat on it to keep the Nazis from finding him.
* In the Holocaust-set novel ''[[Number the Stars]]'', Peter has distinctive red hair and must keep a hat on it to keep the Nazis from finding him.
* Sharrow in [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks']] ''[[Against a Dark Background]]'' goes so far as to shave her head in an attempt to throw off her pursuers.
* Sharrow in [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks']] ''[[Against a Dark Background]]'' goes so far as to shave her head in an attempt to throw off her pursuers.
* Somewhat like the Polgara example above, it's mentioned a time or two in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' stories that Companions can't be dyed -- or rather, the dye job never lasts long enough to do much good.
* Somewhat like the Polgara example above, it's mentioned a time or two in the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' stories that Companions can't be dyed—or rather, the dye job never lasts long enough to do much good.
* In ''[[Jedi Academy Trilogy|I, Jedi]]'' Corran Horn dyes his hair and grows a goatee in order to attend Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy without openly being a hero of the Rebellion and drawing too much attention. The dye, being [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in the Future|special dye with a metabolizing agent]], is initially misused, making him green-haired from head to toe, and he has to call his old Space Cop partner for help.
* In ''[[Jedi Academy Trilogy|I, Jedi]]'' Corran Horn dyes his hair and grows a goatee in order to attend Luke Skywalker's Jedi Academy without openly being a hero of the Rebellion and drawing too much attention. The dye, being [[We Will Not Use Stage Make-Up in the Future|special dye with a metabolizing agent]], is initially misused, making him green-haired from head to toe, and he has to call his old Space Cop partner for help.
** ''[[X Wing Series|Isard's Revenge]]'' has Wedge Antilles donning cyborg guise and growing out a beard in order to disguise his famous face while on [[The Infiltration]].
** ''[[X Wing Series|Isard's Revenge]]'' has Wedge Antilles donning cyborg guise and growing out a beard in order to disguise his famous face while on [[The Infiltration]].
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