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* In ''[[Otaku no Musume San]]'', Haruka cuts off her [[Peek-a-Bangs]] to emphasise to her elder sister how serious she is about following her own path.
* There's an interesting contrast in ''[[Kimi ga Nozomu Eien]]'' -- Mitsuki cuts her long hair short to make a break with the past; meanwhile, Haruka's short hair grows long during the three years she's in a coma.
* In the same vein as the previous two examples, Shiki's hair in [[
* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Yusuke goes back and forth between hair styles, though this is typically more about whether his particular style fits his given outfit; the slicked back hair with the green uniform is indicative of his "return to normalcy" delinquent status, whereas other hair styles go with other outfits. It also indicates his mood. Messy is relaxed, and if it starts off slicked back but becomes messy, you're in trouble.
** To be fair, this falls more in [[Expository Hairstyle Change]] or [[Slipknot Ponytail]], since it's the same length but different styles. {{spoiler|At least, up until it goes white, waist-length, and spiky when his demon ancestor takes over his body for a couple of episodes. It goes back to black when Yusuke regains control of his body.}} It's back to normal the next episode, though Yusuke does mention the haircut courtesy of Kurama, so it's not a [[Reset Button]].
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** Talho also trims her normally unkempt hair as part of her complete outer (and inner) makeover in episode 30.
* In ''[[Skip Beat]]!'', after discovering she has been deceived and used as an step by the person she loved the most, Kyouko not only cuts short her hair, she also dyes it, as a symbol of her new attitude and personality.
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', [[The Stoic|Sousuke]] allows [[Tsundere|Kaname]] to cut his hair. Although his look doesn't change appreciably as a result, the scene serves as an indication of just how much he trusts her: Sousuke is a [[Child Soldiers|Child Soldier]] with [[No Social Skills]] conditioned to assume that anyone is a potential enemy and to never leave himself vulnerable, and the fact that he can allow Kaname to handle a pair of scissors around his head and behind his back with no more than a calm "Please don't cut off my ears," - and in fact not only allows her to cut his hair but actually ''falls asleep'' while she's doing it - is [[Character Development|very important]]. This is probably the closest and most intimate they ever got to each other; when she was cutting near his forehead, Sousuke was blushing like hell and breathed suspiciously quickly for obvious reasons - he was either embarrased, aroused or both. Looks like no amount of conditioning can defeat pheromones from a similarly aged girl when you are 16...
* Liechtenstein in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' already has short hair in her introduction, but the dialogue with her older brother Switzerland points out that she has ''just'' cut it, since it's the first time he has seen her like that. When asked why, she tells him it's both because she's more comfy with shorter hair and because she wants to look and be more like her very tough older brother. This is [[Adaptation Expansion|slightly expanded]] in the anime: the episode featuring Liechtenstein and Switzerland opens with her sitting in front of her mirror and cutting her braids.
** Parodied in a strip with young England and young France. Tired of being bullied, England lets his hair grow to look tougher, but soon it's matted and ruined so France offers some help... and actually cuts it to its former short shape, much to England's horror.
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* A [[Flash Back]] chapter of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' reveals that Momoka gave herself an Important Haircut when her [[Split Personality|dark side]] emerged for the first time upon seeing Tamama on the bad end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. Coupled with [[Action Dress Rip]].
* ''[[Sakura Gari]]'': Masataka gives one to Souma to signify {{spoiler|his [[Missing Mom]] Abigail's definitive passing, and Lord Saiki's acceptance of such a fact}}.
* Subverted in ''[[Wandering Son]]'': When formerly depressed [[
** Played straight in the same series with the resident trans-boy, Takatsuki. He cuts his hair early in the first volume, from a bob to a pixie. In middle school he grows it back into a [[Bob Haircut]] due to a female friend of his saying he looks better with it. After being told how it makes him look like a tomboy and he's "cute" with it, he cuts his hair. At the beginning of high school he begins letting his hair grow again though.
* In ''[[Heat Guy J]]'', Giovanni {{spoiler|has to go destroy J, even though he knows it will hurt someone to whom Giovanni and his best friend owe their lives}}. Before he does so, he tries to look like a different person by shaving his mullet into a mohawk and dyeing it blue. Meanwhile, his best friend looks on nervously, knowing that this isn't going to go well.
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* Lorna Dickey in ''[[Waterloo Road]]'' gets hair extensions. And then kills herself.
* In the first episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' season three, "My Own American Girl", Elliot decides she is sick of being a pushover and decides to reinvent herself by cutting her hair to shoulder length, using a lot more makeup and wearing sexier clothes. She tones down the look in later seasons however.
* Matt McNamera on ''[[Nip Tuck]]'' shaves his head as part of the coping process after finding out that his parents blackmailed his much-older [[
* ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' actually used this trope as an essential part of its story in the fourth season. The season premiere had Xena seeing a vision from the future in which she and Gabrielle were crucified. Gabrielle had short hair in the vision, and sure enough, toward the end of the season Xena was forced to throw her chakram through Gabrielle's hair to beat the episode's villain. Both of them realized afterward that it now looked like it did in the vision, though that didn't stop Gabrielle from keeping it that way for the rest of the show's run.
* Lionel Luthor has his head shaved at the end of "Covenant", the season finale of the third season of ''[[Smallville]]'', while we're shown his son choking to death on poisoned wine and Chloe Sullivan being blown up. The dramatic effect was somewhat lessened the next season, when it turned out that they had both miraculously survived, and one of the attempted murders hadn't even been committed by Lionel.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Dwarfs in the world of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' who fail to fulfill an oath or become similarly dishonored [[Death Seeker|seek death on the battlefield]], joining the Slayer cult. This is done by discarding any armor, dyeing their hair orange (in honor of the first Slayer), hacking it into a mohawk (not explained), and finding the nastiest enemy they can. Dwarfs being dwarfs, don't expect them to throw the match.
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* Referenced in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', when {{spoiler|Marjolaine comments that Leliana cut her hair "like a boy" after escaping from Orlais}}
* After getting into a car accident with {{spoiler|Miki Hoshii}} in "[[The Idolmaster (video game)|THE iDOLM@STER]]", she vows not to take things lightly ever again and then she asks the player if he likes short-haired girls. The next week she comes in with short, un-dyed hair. Her personality also changes, making her more strong-willed and hard-working. She also seems to be madly in love with the producer, calling him "Honey."
* In ''[[Punch
* ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]'' does this with Yoko. In the intro she rushes into the bathroom to cut her hair, because Umbrella assassins were after her. However this would also tie into her Eastern character, abandoning her life working on bioweapons and trying to put it behind her.
* [[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]] shaves his head in the third game, after growing a [[Beard of Sorrow]] and putting on some weight.
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