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* In the first ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' anime, First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, normally seen with an efficient, no-nonsense bun, finally takes her hair down in the very last episode to visit wounded comrade [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|Roy Mustang]].
** In the manga, she takes her hair down when she gets a day off.
* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'''s Lady Une normally keeps her hair up in a [http://strangeplaces.net/fandoms/gw/une.jpg tight bun], but [https://web.archive.org/web/20070401105225/http://www.staats.us/sonle/lady_une.jpg lets it down] for her less uptight alter-ego "Saint Une". {{spoiler|When both personalities merge back into the real Une, she decides to keep her hair down from then on.}}
* When [[The World God Only Knows|Mari Katsuragi]] lets her hair down, someone will get hurt very badly (and she'll look good at it). [[Cute Monster Girl|E]][[Cute Witch|l]][[The Ditz|s]][[The Watson|i]][[Moe Moe|e]] on the other hand just gets prettier.
* No-nonsense Dr. Chiba in ''[[Paprika]]'' wears her hair in a neat bun; we only see it down when she's asleep or {{spoiler|in the process of transforming into her free-spirited dream avatar Paprika.}}
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Aki reverses this: when she lets her hair down, it's a ''bad'' sign. The band holding her hair up is designed to hold her psychic powers in check. When it comes off and her hair is let down, run.
* Miranda Lotto from ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' definitely does this when she first activates her Innocence, by accident. Well, she transforms from [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090703003304/dgrayman/images/a/aa/Huhmiranda.png this] to [http://img2.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire4/08122008/1/d/3/0/1d30c5c7ab6260_full.png this]{{Dead link}}. Honestly, which one looks better?
** Lenalee has done this several times, too, before she gets an [[Important Haircut]].
* ''[[After War Gundam X|Gundam X]]'''s Tiffa Addil has a ponytailed [[Hime Cut]], but {{spoiler|when [[Barrier Maiden]] Lucille Lilliant [[Grand Theft Me|"borrows" her body]] to ask for help from Jamil, Tiffa's adoptive father as well as her former pupil}}, she lets it loose.
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* Nightfall from ''[[Elf Quest]]'' can't be described as uptight by any stretch, but she does keep her long brown hair under a headscarf except in her most intimate moments.
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* Virtually universal in any romance fic involving [[Harry Potter (novel)|Minerva McGonagall]]. Probably something to do with a funny line she had in ''[[Harry Potter and
▲* Virtually universal in any romance fic involving [[Harry Potter (novel)|Minerva McGonagall]]. Probably something to do with a funny line she had in ''[[Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire]]''.
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== Literature ==
* Hester Prynne lets her hair down during her secret forest rendezvous with Rev. Dimmesdale in ''[[The Scarlet Letter]]''.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Harry Potter and
* In ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'', Francie's mother won't let her get a fashionable bob because a woman should have long hair as her "secret" beauty that only her lover/husband (well, presumably Katie means husband) gets to see when she unpins it at the end of the day.
* In ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' books, it's tradition that at the Halloween celebrations all the teachers and pupils wear their hair down. Miss Hardbroom is described to have shining black tresses tumbling down to her waist and Mildred remarks that she doesn't look half as frightening with her hair down.
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* One community-theatre production of ''[[Ragtime]]'' had Mother wearing her hair up in a very staid sort of style in Act I, then wearing it loose in Act II after moving to Atlantic City (and meeting Tateh, whom she falls in love with {{spoiler|and eventually marries [[Death of the Hypotenuse|after her husband dies]]}}).
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* [[Action Girl|Ashley Williams]] does this between her appearances in ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. As a result of her newfound hotness, she promptly went from "Williams" to "Ashley" in the minds of the fans.
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* At the end of ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'', Samus is seen out of her Power Suit and Zero Suit, and
* Chris Lightfellow from ''[[Suikoden III]]'' dons a casual outfit for her 3rd chapter. Her character portrait for that segment of the game even looks a good deal more relaxed than the scowl she usually settles with.▼
▲* At the end of Metroid: Other M, Samus is seen out of her Power Suit and Zero Suit, and into what looks to be a uniform, hair let down and rather [[Rapunzel Hair|Rapunzel-ish]]. Though she ties it back into a ponytail after a while, the dialogue and her expression easily convey her feeling of peace and coming to terms with {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|Adam's death]]}} and the resolution of the Bottle Ship incident.
▲* Chris Lightfellow from [[Suikoden III]] dons a casual outfit for her 3rd chapter. Her character portrait for that segment of the game even looks a good deal more relaxed than the scowl she usually settles with.
* [[Fiery Redhead]] Aika from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' normally wears her hair in two noticeably stiff braids. She lets it down whenever she's sleeping or grooming, and it looks much softer and prettier.
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* Tavatiana, of ''[[Gene Catlow]]'',
* The uptight Necr... sorry, Croakamancer Wanda Firebaugh in ''[[Erfworld]]'' becomes a lot sexier (and much more open towards the protagonist) when she does this late in the comic.▼
▲* Tavatiana, of ''[[Gene Catlow]]'', inadvertantly does this by [http://www.genecatlow.com/comics/20010420.gif dunking the back of her head] [http://www.genecatlow.com/comics/20010423.gif into a fountain.] She doesn't realize it, however, [http://www.genecatlow.com/comics/20010511.gif until she gets back.] But then, she does ask Cotton if she should leave it like that...
▲* The uptight Necr... sorry, Croakamancer Wanda Firebaugh in ''Erfworld'' becomes a lot sexier (and much more open towards the protagonist) when she does this late in the comic.
* In one ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' storyline, Rayne pursues a woman simply because she wears glasses and he wants to complete a mental "Sex Bingo" card. Issa demonstrates how pathetic Rayne is by getting the woman to [http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20040122 do this], completely infatuating him. After beating up his friend Mick to try and impress her, Mick is upset...[http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20040130 until she does it again].
* A sort of reverse example happens with Vaarsuvius in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' when the elf cools down after
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', after Annie messed with Jack's half-recovered brain and he in return messed with her, she let the hair down and took a deep breath before saying she's sorry. Combining it with a subtle case of [[Puppy Dog Eyes]] made the apology absolutely irresistible.
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