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Jewelry, [[Unlimited Wardrobe|vast wardrobes]], and [[Beauty Equals Goodness|facial beauty]] are not the most prized possessions for some societies and individuals; instead, it's... [[Hair Tropes]].

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In the ''[[Peach Girl]]'' manga Momo is bullied by a trio of Kairi's fangirls. They tell her that she doesn't deserve Kairi and force her to the ground while holding a lighter to her hair, telling her unless she signs a treaty (saying that she'll stay away from Kairi) then they'll burn all her hair off. Thankfully, Kairi rescues her, but not before the girls manage to singe a bit of Momo's hair.

** A female villain in a [[Filler]] arc of ''Shippuden'' was ''very'' sensitive about damage to her hair. It turns out that {{spoiler|she is actually a [[Body Snatcher|Body Snatching]] head of hair}}.

* In the manga version of ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', {{spoiler|Akito cuts Isuzu's long hair while attempting to kill her slowly and painfully by starving her in a private room in the Sohma estate. It's strongly hinted that she did so because Isuzu's long hair reminded Akito of her [[Abusive Parents|abusive mother]], Ren, who wears her hair exactly that way ("Long black hair... like that woman... it makes me so sick!"). It doesn't help that Ren actually asked Isuzu to do something for her with fake promises and ''that'' is when Akito caught and captured her.}}

* Happens to Jessie in an episode of ''Pokemon'' where a Scyther chops it off and she spends the rest of the episode trying to get revenge. The end of the episode has a Scyther give her and James involuntary mohawks. Arceus help you if you damage [[Pokémon (anime)|Jessie's]] hair. She's been known to attack snakes larger than herself ''with her bare hands'' for this offense -- [[Unstoppable Rage|and not only win]], but ''make the snake her personal bitch'' for the next six seasons.

* Akane's accidental haircut courtesy of both Ranma and Ryoga in ''[[Ranma ½]]''. Both Ranma and Ryoga start apologizing profusely, expecting a [[Megaton Punch]] or the like, but Akane was remarkably calm about it. Turns out she only had long hair to begin with to impress Dr. Tofu. Now, if her hair had been cut ''before'' she gave up the crush on the older man, heads would've rolled.

** Not that it stopped her from giving both Ranma and Ryoga an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] before she left, though. To be fair, ''both'' of them [[Hit Me Dammit|told her to hit them]] in between the apology round.

** After this, we're also introduced to principal Kuno, the father of Tatewaki, whose weapon of choice is a pair of hair clippers. We learn that in previous times, his favorite obsession was shaving his son bald (an obsession still burning, and one that now affects all the students in the school), and this is something that has [[Dark and Troubled Past|left deep scars in Tatewaki's heart.]] Traumatic haircut indeed.

* And... A modern [[Superman]] comic had [[The Joker|Joker]] show up with a chemical which causes mass hysteria because... It makes them bald.

 

 

== Film ==

* During the [[Extended Flashback]] that takes up most of the length of ''[[Hiroshima Mon Amour]]'', the female protagonist (who is French) describes how her head was forcibly shaved as punishment for an affair with a German soldier during [[WW 2]].

* Similarly, the Irish lead character of ''Ryan's Daughter'' has her head shaved after an affair with a British soldier.

* Una and, later, Bernadette in ''The Magdalene Sisters''. Might also have happened to Crispina, who has an uneven haircut and is unstable enough that she might have tried to escape like the others.

* Sarah Michelle Gellar's character in ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]''.

'''Fergus''': You said ''anything''.

'''Dil''': Girl has to draw the line ''somewhere''. }}

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', when {{spoiler|Ivy is kidnapped by Denarians and tortured}}, this trope happens.

* [[Harry Potter]] gets his untidy dark hair chopped off by his aunt, all except the bangs ("to hide that horrible scar!") However, being a wizard, it grew back overnight, though Harry lost the entire night's sleep over the fear of getting laughed at more.

* Happens in ''Becky's Horse'', by Winifred Madison, when Becky's sister Mimi {{spoiler|tries to dye her hair blonde and it comes out greenish.}} She has it cut, and stops being vain about her hair.

* In ''Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy'', the six-year-old heroine is pretending she's a hair stylist and experiments on herself. Her dad takes her to a beauty parlor for a neatening trim from an actual one.

* Ehlana gets a drawn-out version during the [[Elenium|Tamuli]]; each message her kidnappers send to Sparhawk include a lock of her hair. By the time Sparhawk catches up with them, she's been shaved bald ... which shouldn't have been necessary, there weren't that many messages. Her kidnappers may have taken extra for the trauma value.

* In the novel ''Pretty Is,'' Erin sneaks up on her ex-best friend [[Alpha Bitch|Kayla]] in the middle of the night and cuts off her long golden hair.

* [[The Hero and The Crown]] has a rare example of the heroine ''inflicting'' the haircut: Aerin gives her annoying and vain cousin a knock-out drink, then sneaks into her room and cuts off her eyelashes. Hilarity ensues.

 

* April in College Roomies from Hell has her hair cut after she kills another character.

* In ''[[Samurai Princess]]'' Jacquline gets one of these.

 

== Web Original ==

 

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