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Alice is trying to fit in. But she have some kind of physical feature that makes it clear that she is not a human, or at least not a normal human. And thus, quite often, she removes this feature.
This particular masquerading comes in two flavors. It might simply be about [[The Masquerade]], or it may [[I Just Want to Be Normal|be about her self-image]]. In the first case, the Maintenance can be nothing worse then a practical nuisance. In the second case, it's usually a part of [[Internalized Categorism|a deeper pattern of self-hatred]]. Of course, these two flavors are often mixed with each other, and one might lead to the other.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]] keeps sawing off his devil horns.
* In ''[[Fables]]'', Rapunzel goes to the barber all the time, so she can pass as a <s>muggle</s> mundy. Unlike other examples here, she is happy about being what she is (a supernatural Fable creature), it's just that [[The Masquerade]] has to be maintained.
== [[Film]] ==
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* In ''[[Human Nature]]'', the protagonist has fur. She hates herself for it. She shaves her entire body (except the head, of course) every morning, and punishes herself by choosing a man who is utterly disgusted by female bodily hair.
* In the live action ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' the young Grinch is teased for his green furry appearance. He tries shaving it off but it only makes things worse.
* Scott Calvin in ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' kept shaving and dying his hair (he didn't want to look like Santa), only to have the beard grow back immediately, and the hair to go back to white.
== [[Literature]] ==
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