Peek-a-Bangs: Difference between revisions

 

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]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

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

{{quote|"Why is this banana on my head?"

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

 

== Comic Books ==

* 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 ==

* 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).

 

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