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* Also, in ''[[Narnia|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', part of the tragedy of Aslan's sacrifice was seeing him with his mane cut off. Without it his majesty disappeared and he looked like simply a large cat.
** ...which would seem to [[Unfortunate Implications|suggest]] that a ''female'' lion wouldn't have had much majesty to begin with.
***It's not a sexism thing. It is supposed to be like when an animal is skinned as a prize for the hunter. Him being sheared shows that the White Witch had overpowered him, which is why he seems more helpless.
* In ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', Cao Cao chops off his hair to impress his men after transgressing against a rule that had execution (by decapitation) as its punishment. Calling it an attack on the head, his men were doubly careful to avoid breaking the rules when they saw that the highest ranks were still subject to punishment.
** Subverted by Zhao Fang. When Cao Xiu questions Zhao's motives for defecting, Zhao threatened suicide. After being stopped from killing himself, he cut off his hair as a pledge. Zhao's defection was fake, though, and Cao Xiu would end up severely defeated in battle.
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* In ''[[A Rose for Emily]]'', Emily cuts her hair after her [[Overprotective Dad]] dies.
* A young Vlad Dracula cuts off his long mane of hair after escaping life as a [[Child Soldiers|child soldier]] in ''[[Count and Countess]]''.
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