I Have to Wash My Hair: Difference between revisions

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Compare and contrast [[I Have to Go Iron My Dog]]. Doesn't work on the [[Literal Minded]], the [[Cloudcuckoolander]], or anyone particularly [[Stalker With a Crush|determined]] (or [[Covert Pervert|just]] [[Casanova|plain]] [[Kavorka Man|lecherous]]): "That's a lot of hair. [[Shower Scene|Need any help?]]"

== [[Commercials]] ==

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** Its use gets lampshaded when after being repeatedly rebuffed by Magrat, The Fool convinces her to watch the play with him and that there's even a pump available "in case you want to wash your hair".

** A further lampshade later: To indicate that the Fool ''hasn't'' been asking Magrat out lately, Nanny Ogg says to her: "Your hair looks a bit grubby. It looks as though you haven't washed it for a month."

* When Richard shows up without his date in [[Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]], [[Absent Minded Professor|Reg]] muses about why she hadn't come, and asks if this was the excuse she gave. He adds that it's only for lack of hair that he has to participate in the school as much as he does. (It turns out that Richard [[What an Idiot|completely forgot that he had invited her]].)

* When Richard shows up without his date in [[Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]], [[Absent-Minded Professor|Reg]] muses about why she hadn't come, and asks if this was the excuse she gave. He adds that it's only for lack of hair that he has to participate in the school as much as he does. (It turns out that Richard [[What an Idiot!|completely forgot that he had invited her]].)

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Used and promptly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]''. [[The Grim Reaper|Grim]] tries this excuse, but Billy points out that he tried the same excuse yesterday. (And Billy misses the obvious: Grim ''has no hair''.)

* In a [[Flash Back]] episode of the animated [[Spin Off]] ''[[Beetlejuice (Animation)|Beetlejuice]]'', young Beetlejuice receives this blowoff from a girl he has invited to the prom. The girl is a skeleton with no hair.

* In a [[Flash Back]] episode of the animated [[Spin-Off]] ''[[Beetlejuice (Animation)|Beetlejuice]]'', young Beetlejuice receives this blowoff from a girl he has invited to the prom. The girl is a skeleton with no hair.

* Used against Dexter on ''[[Freakazoid]]!''.

* ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' did it with the appropriately titled "Superman Story". Clark attempts to ask Lois to see a boring documentary film. She brushes him aside, claiming she needs to wash her hair.

* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' "Dude, Where's My Head" When Jamie decides to break his [[Non Action Guy]] role and do a flying leap off a parking garage roof his date protests. Saying "It's been great hanging out with you and all, but I've got to go home and wash my hair."

* ''[[Megas XLR]]'' "Dude, Where's My Head" When Jamie decides to break his [[Non-Action Guy]] role and do a flying leap off a parking garage roof his date protests. Saying "It's been great hanging out with you and all, but I've got to go home and wash my hair."

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', we discover that, sometime in the past, Leela told Fry she couldn't go out with him because she had to meet a ghost. She wasn't expecting him to believe it (he did), so she flipped a coin to decide if she should use the excuse or not. In an [[Alternate Universe]], where coin-flips have the opposite result, their counterparts went out and are now married.

* Happens a lot in ''[[Action League Now]]'', mainly with Thundergirl.

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* ''[[Venture Bros]].'' has an episode where Dr. Venture is pursuing another date with Charlene, or Dr. Girlfriend, calling The Monarch's cocoon. When Dr. Venture calls yet again for Dr. Girlfriend, the Monarch yells flustered, "Tell him you're washing your hair, or something, I don't care."

* Isabella states this almost word for word to [[Phineas and Ferb]] in "Robot Rodeo", but it's subverted since the phrase isn't used for the situation above; it's merely used to segue into [[Crowning Moment of Funny|one of the weirdest songs on the show]].

* In the ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Party of One", Rarity uses this excuse to turn down an invitation to one of Pinkie Pie's parties. When Pinkie points out Rarity's hair looks clean to her, Rarity goes so far as to stick her head in a garbage can full of rubbish to get away with the excuse.

* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Party of One", Rarity uses this excuse to turn down an invitation to one of Pinkie Pie's parties. When Pinkie points out Rarity's hair looks clean to her, Rarity goes so far as to stick her head in a garbage can full of rubbish to get away with the excuse.

* In ''[[The Swan Princess]]'', Odette tries to use the excuse not on the prince himself, but on her father to delay leaving for the prince's kingdom.