Important Haircut: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]'' specifically the [[Directors Cut]]. Sybillia, Queen of Jeruselum cuts her hair {{spoiler|when she renounces her throne after she mercy kills her son before he suffers and dies from leprosy like her brother.}}

* This happens in the sequel to ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''. Connor and Murphy [[Mac Manus]] have been in hiding in Ireland for years, growing hair and beards worthy of Christ himself. When they are called out of retirement, they immediately shave it all off, returning to their first-film appearance (with some [[Perma-Stubble]] for good measure.) Later, [[Lampshade Hanging|they wonder why they did it.]]

'''Connor''': Yeah that's right. I dunno, [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time|just seemed like the thing to do at the time]], though, didn't it? }}

* In ''[[Smoke Signals]]'', Victor mourns his father by cutting his hair.

* Many religions have prohibitions or rules in regards to hair. In literature, the most famous example is probably the Biblical Samson, whose parents were visited by an angel who allowed his barren mother to become pregnant if she would abstain from unclean meat and alcohol and never cut the child's hair or shave him. This essentially constituted a pre-natal initiation into a Jewish ascetic cult, and this super out-of-proportion before-birth devotion granted Samson the mystical power of invincible strength, allowing him to become one of the judges who were leaders of Israel. The major part of his story is a negative Important Haircut that eventually results in his blindness and death, making even the inversion of this trope [[Older Than Feudalism]].

** Isaiah 15:

I'm not sure [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|what it means]], perhaps some [[Values Dissonance|context is missing]], but it's clearly important. }}

* In the ''[[Babysitters Club]]'' series, Mary Anne has one when her father stops being overprotective of her.

* From a Brazillian soap opera: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbHI3QQARAo This] is gotta be the most [[Tear Jerker|upsetting]] out of all [[Important Haircut|Important Haircuts]], complete with Lara Fabian's equally moving "Love By Grace" as background music.

* On ''[[Iron Chef]]'', when Kandagawa challenged Sakai for the Millenium rematch battles, he espoused a new philosophy about Japanese cuisine changing (if not quite modernizing - he was a strict Japanese traditionalist chef in his earlier appearances) in order to survive in the 21st century. Embodying this change, he shaved his head to remind him of his new commitment. His perfect, sweep victory over Sakai was a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* ''[[Towards the Republic]]'' dramatizes young Sun Yat-sen's rejection of the Qing Dynasty by depicting him cutting off his braid in public and throwing it away.

* In the Australian series ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'', Becky cuts her hair using a shard of a broken mirror after taking a job at Drovers Run.

* In the season 3 finale of ''[[True Blood]],'' Tara cuts her hair short because she "needed to make a change".

** Eric's haircut is important since it marks the change from 'jerk' to a more complex character.

'''Bill:''' I do. Very much. }}

* Spinner on ''[[Degrassi]]'' gets an important haircut when he finds out he has cancer, shifting from a generic haircut to a mohawk, until he starts treatment and it goes to just bald. A nod to Snake's haircut earlier in the series for the same reason, just with a different mindset behind it.

* The lead character and author mouthpiece in ''Atheist Eve'' started out with a short bob, but was suddenly drawn with long hair in a strip focusing on evolution. It's been that way ever since.

* Lampshaded in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html this] ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', and then again [http://www.GiantITP.com/comics/oots0752.html here].

'''Elan''': Weird. }}

** Done a bit more seriously with Vaarsuvius, who [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0667.html starts wearing hir hair in a ponytail] and acting considerably more patient and humble after...well, going crazy for a little bit.