Peek-a-Bangs: Difference between revisions

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[[File:4ex 3202.jpg|frame|Top: [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Sexy]]; [[Teen Titans (animation)|Concealment]]<br/>Bottom: [[The Incredibles|Shyness]]; [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Emo]]]]

 

Common in modelling as well as fiction, this is when a person's hair intentionally covers one of their eyes. Sometimes it's just for style, while other times it might function as an [[Eyepatch of Power]], or cover a disfigurement such as horrible scarring or a blind eye (in which case its removal may serve as [[The Reveal]]).

 

It frequently serves as some kind of symbol:

* To show that the character is sexy and seductive

* To show that the character is shy and demure

 

If ''both'' eyes are covered by the locks, then those are [[Blinding Bangs]]. For the real use of hair in a [[Scenery Censor]] situation, see [[Godiva Hair]].

 

* Joe Shimamura/009 of ''[[Cyborg 009]]''. Occasionally, however, both of his eyes are shown.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'', Pegasus's hairdo hides the Millennium Eye that allows him to steal souls and read minds. He still has it that way after losing the eye; it fills in for an eyepatch.

* Suzushiro Isuzu from ''[[The Mikos Words and The Witches Incantations]]''.

* Miata from ''[[Claymore]]''. It accentuates her [[Ax Crazy]] status.

* Hazuki from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'', obviously showing shyness.

* Xerxes Break from ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' is missing his left eye under his hair. Cheshire also has this kind of hair. {{spoiler|Cheshire's hair covers his right side. His left eye is really Break's.}}

"I'm in luck! This gel keeps my hair pointing upwards!" }}

 

* [[Marvel Comics]] villainess Viper wears her hair over one eye. Like Dr. Blight (see below), this is to cover scarring on that part of the face.

* Talia al Ghul, a love interest of [[Batman]].

* Oyuki from the Archie ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'' has this. The only time she ever showed both eyes was in a flash-forward to her in her twenties.

 

* Violet in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' did this for most of the movie (showing shyness in her case). The last few scenes show her with her hair back, symbolizing the fact that she's come to terms with herself and is more open now.

* Astrid in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''. They're over her left eye when she's the toughened Viking, and away from her face when she [[Defrosting the Ice Queen|starts warming up to Hiccup]], most notably {{spoiler|when she kisses him.}}

* Smitty (a four-armed slug-like monster serving as one of the two janitors) from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.

* Peg from ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''.

* When Peter Parker gains the evil symbiote costume in the film ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man 3]]'', one of the first things he does is brush his hair down over one eye. Oh sure, he does lots of other mean stuff—like telling Ursula to make him cookies, [[Poke the Poodle|with]] ''[[Poke the Poodle|nuts]]''! -- but that's your first big clue that he's going over to the dark side.

* Mui from ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' starts out as a shy girl with hair covering most of her acne-ridden face. Towards the end, she [[Important Haircut|shaves her head]] when she joins as a replacement goalkeeper and turns out to be [[Beautiful All Along]].

* "The Bad" in ''[[The Good, the Bad, the Weird]]'', who is [[The Dandy]] and has an anachronistic "J-pop" look.

* ''Star Spangled Rhythm'' ridiculed Veronica Lake's hairstyle in song, along with Paulette Goddard's [[Sweater Girl|sweater]] and Dorothy Lamour's sarong. The musical number's punchline was a "peek-a-boo bang" on the face of [[Adolf Hitler]], who is blamed for dictating the fashion.

 

== Literature ==

* Asher in the ''[[Anita Blake]]'' books has [[Bishounen|beautiful long golden hair]] that usually covers most of the right side of his body {{spoiler|as that side is covered in burn scars from a long-ago torture session with holy water}}.

* Ciri from ''[[The Witcher]]'' series starts wearing her hair like this in ''[[Tower of the Swallow]]'' {{spoiler|to conceal an extremely messy shuriken-inflicted scar on her cheek}}. Most men interpret it as simply sexy.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] of ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' uses this sometimes; [[Summer Glau]] said that she had to deliberately train herself to not do "human" actions like brushing her hair out of her face during fight scenes, which sometimes leads to one side of her face being obscured after a battle or action sequence.

* And speaking of [[Summer Glau]], this was also deliberately invoked in certain scenes in ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''Serenity'' where her hair was used to obscure parts of her face during some of her less-than-lucid scenes.

 

== Video Games ==

* Pleinair from ''[[Disgaea]]''.

* Vincent in ''[[Catherine]]'', though only for a time after {{spoiler|Katherine breaks up with him.}}

* Captain Schwann in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', in contrast to {{spoiler|Raven}}.

* Ashley's new look in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' replaces her [[Prim and Proper Bun]] with this.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Hiro of ''[[Overlord Academy]]'' has the entire right side of his face completely obscured by [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bright blue bangs]], leading one to wonder how he can see well enough to use [http://overlordacademy.comicgenesis.com/d/20090812.html the scope of that sniper rifle].

* Monica of ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has this style sometimes. it is quite noticeable in the first panel [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/you-got-mail/ here.]

* Sister Iceland from ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]''.

* Rage, from ''[[Wright As Rayne]]'', sports some Peek-a-Bangs, serving to make him look slightly [http://wrightasrayne.thecomicseries.com/comics/69 mysterious and stoic.]

* Drummer and metalhead Ashley from ''[[Soul Symphony]]''

* Margo in [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=911 chapter 34] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]''.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Carmen in ''[[Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?]]?'', when she's not wearing her [[Nice Hat|signature fedora]].

* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': One of the members of Runny and the Nosebleeds.

** In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E24 MMMMystery on the Friendship Express|MMMystery on the Friendship Express]], Rarity starts wearing her mane over one eye a bit into the episode. {{spoiler|It's to cover that she lost a false eyelash, which occurred when she took a bite of the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness}}.

* Fifi from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.

* Talia in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Batman Beyond]]''.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Carrie]] from ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]''.

 

== Real Life ==

* [[Michael Jackson]], sometimes.

* Singer Gabrielle has been known to do this as one of her many ways of hiding her lazy eye (she has also used sunglasses, hats, and an eyepatch to cover it).

* Aaliyah. Rumor has it she had a lazy eye.

* Asagi, vocalist for the Japanese band D, always has his right eye covered.

* Lzzy Hale of [[Halestorm]].

* Bassist Alex James of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], sometimes.

 

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