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This is a [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Cosmetic Catastrophe]] specific to hair colouring. Also compare [[Never Trust a Hair Tonic]]. [[Kaleidoscope Hair]] can occur if Alice keeps re-dying her hair. |
This is a [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Cosmetic Catastrophe]] specific to hair colouring. Also compare [[Never Trust a Hair Tonic]]. [[Kaleidoscope Hair]] can occur if Alice keeps re-dying her hair. |
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== Advertising == |
== Advertising == |
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* There was an advertisement for Outback Steakhouse with this trope. Middle-aged woman tries to dye her hair and it turns out purple or pink. Her husband cancels their reservations at some hoity-toity restaurant and they go to Outback instead, where there are "no rules, just right" and her worries are forgotten. |
* There was an advertisement for Outback Steakhouse with this trope. Middle-aged woman tries to dye her hair and it turns out purple or pink. Her husband cancels their reservations at some hoity-toity restaurant and they go to Outback instead, where there are "no rules, just right" and her worries are forgotten. |
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== Theatre == |
== Theatre == |
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* Frenchie in ''[[Grease]]'' accidentally dyeing her hair bubblegum pink is what leads into the song ''Beauty School Dropout''. |
* Frenchie in ''[[Grease]]'' accidentally dyeing her hair bubblegum pink is what leads into the song ''Beauty School Dropout''. |
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| ⚫ | * This is the origin of the [[Elderly Blue Haired Lady]]. You see, some people's hair turns an ugly yellow color instead of white or gray when they age. In the 70s, salons would typically treat this with a little bit of blue dye to counteract the yellow, but since different people's hair absorbs pigment at different rates, some people wind up with bright blue hair. |
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== [[Web Comics]] == |
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* Happened to Lou in ''[[Rugrats]]''. The main plot dealt with Chuckie getting tired of getting attention from his red hair, so he used Lou's black hair dye. By the end of the episode, exposure to the sun turns both their hair orange. While Chuckie is thrilled to be a redhead again, Grandpa is less than happy. Didi chalks it up to buying hair dye off of an informational. |
* Happened to Lou in ''[[Rugrats]]''. The main plot dealt with Chuckie getting tired of getting attention from his red hair, so he used Lou's black hair dye. By the end of the episode, exposure to the sun turns both their hair orange. While Chuckie is thrilled to be a redhead again, Grandpa is less than happy. Didi chalks it up to buying hair dye off of an informational. |
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* On ''[[Daria]],'' Jane wants to dye her black hair with orange tiger stripes and essentially forces Daria into helping. It comes out looking terrible, and Jane blames Daria, only to later realize that this wasn't really fair and she was sublimating her anger about [[Love Triangle|something else]]. |
* On ''[[Daria]],'' Jane wants to dye her black hair with orange tiger stripes and essentially forces Daria into helping. It comes out looking terrible, and Jane blames Daria, only to later realize that this wasn't really fair and she was sublimating her anger about [[Love Triangle|something else]]. |
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| ⚫ | * This is the origin of the [[Elderly Blue Haired Lady]]. You see, some people's hair turns an ugly yellow color instead of white or gray when they age. In the 70s, salons would typically treat this with a little bit of blue dye to counteract the yellow, but since different people's hair absorbs pigment at different rates, some people wind up with bright blue hair. |
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