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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* 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
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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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