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{{quote|''"Moral of the story: The thinner the mustache, the bigger the douchebag."''|''[[YouTube]] comment concerning Clayton from [[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]''}}

 

 

By default [[Heroes]] tend towards clean shaves, whether it's because of artistic inertia or simple cultural popularity is up for grabs.<ref> It is worth noting that the last United States President with any facial hair whatsoever is William Howard Taft, meaning our last century of Presidents has been clean-shaven.</ref> Sometimes movies made in countries or/of eras that are friendlier to facial hair have a higher number of heroes and extras with beards and mustaches, though it is still very common to find anachronistically clean shaven male main characters. A full, thick, and above all '''well trimmed''' beard is almost always a sign of the good guys (Dwarfs, Santa, mentor characters, etc). [[The Obi-Wan]] often has one. You will never, ever see a good character with a [[Yellow Peril|Fu Manchu]] mustache, nor one with a pencil thin moustache, unless you are watching an Errol Flynn movie, or in fact any movie from the 1930s or 40s. [[Perma-Stubble|Stubbles]] are an exception, as they're usually a sign of [[Anti-Hero|Antiheroism]] and [[Badass|Badassitude]].