Tropescilloscope: '80s Hair

Hairstyles from the 1980s (i.e., big, poofy bouffants, Joe Piscopo-style man perms, jheri curls, crimped ponytails on teenaged girls, mullets, mohawks, etc) (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Big Bad Duumvirate Bowdlerise "Awesome McCool" Name Artistic License – Biology A Date with Rosie Palms In the Back Rule of Funny Friend to All Children Not Quite Dead The Mafia Handicapped Badass Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Heel Realization Irony The Hero Dies Mama Bear Extreme Doormat Stepford Smiler Dark Reprise Together in Death Not So Stoic In Medias Res Pay Evil unto Evil Bloody Hilarious Camp Gay Word of God Ambiguous Ending Alpha Bitch Your Cheating Heart Our Vampires Are Different Reckless Gun Usage Police Brutality Dissonant Serenity Wrong Genre Savvy Retired Badass Character Development Comically Missing the Point Jump Scare It Will Never Catch On Cat Scare Meaningful Background Event Crazy-Prepared Dramatic Irony Guns Akimbo Determinator My God, What Have I Done? Famous Last Words Hate Sink I Have Your Wife Epic Movie Heroic BSoD Russian Films Villain Ball Beard of Evil Unreliable Narrator Music Stories Mexican Standoff Bloodier and Gorier Heterosexual Life-Partners Rousing Speech Vitriolic Best Buds Diabolus ex Machina Stylistic Suck Fiery Redhead Unusually Uninteresting Sight Artistic License – History Names to Run Away from Really Fast Break the Haughty The Stoner Sci-Fi Horror Lock and Load Montage Greater-Scope Villain Love at First Sight Camera Abuse Early Installment Weirdness Anti-Hero Crapsack World Missing Mom Arranged Marriage Kids Are Cruel Covers Always Lie Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Light Is Not Good Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Rule of Three Crucified Hero Shot Rule of Cool Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Pragmatic Adaptation Villain Song Black Best Friend Unusual Euphemism Television Movie Index Obfuscating Stupidity Victoria's Secret Compartment The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite I Just Shot Marvin in the Face The Chick Italian Films Anti-Villain My Beloved Smother Mythology Gag The Bully Overprotective Dad Red Right Hand Throwing Your Sword Always Works Shipper on Deck What You Are in the Dark Bloodless Carnage Stealth Pun Dramatic Gun Cock Evil Plan How We Got Here Hypocritical Humor Interrupted Suicide Adaptation Expansion Evil Counterpart Does Not Like Shoes Cold-Blooded Torture Maybe Ever After Oh, Crap! Exact Words The Hero Moment Killer World of Ham Red Herring Sealed Evil in a Can Smug Snake Author Avatar Death by Sex Evil Laugh Male Gaze Mr. Fanservice Historical In-Joke Only Known by Their Nickname Country Matters Retirony Bavarian Fire Drill I Need a Freaking Drink Deliberately Monochrome My Greatest Failure Have a Gay Old Time Dumb Blonde B-Movie Becoming the Mask Stealth Hi/Bye Aside Glance Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Wham Line Only in It for the Money Black Comedy Rape Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Bilingual Bonus Bad "Bad Acting" Artistic License – Geography Jerk with a Heart of Gold Straight Gay Translation Convention Pimped-Out Dress Cassandra Truth Mr. Exposition What the Hell, Hero? Curb-Stomp Battle Meaningful Name Bound and Gagged Chekhov's Gunman Fake Shemp Cain and Abel Bury Your Gays Setting Update Even Evil Has Standards Almost Kiss Rated M for Manly The Ghost Crazy Jealous Guy Henpecked Husband Based on a True Story Man on Fire Every Car Is a Pinto Captain Obvious Death by Irony Bland-Name Product Mercy Kill Shut Up, Hannibal! Evil Is Hammy Bolivian Army Ending Fatal Family Photo Real Life Disappeared Dad Hair-Trigger Temper Fat Bastard Big Eater Improbable Aiming Skills From Nobody to Nightmare No Ending Show Within a Show Black and Gray Morality Casting Gag Eagleland Empathic Environment The Faceless The Great Depression Historical Hero Upgrade Adults Are Useless Captain Ersatz Not Even Bothering with the Accent Anachronism Stew Dies Wide Open Ax-Crazy Bar Brawl Black Dude Dies First Taking You with Me Contrived Coincidence Bait-and-Switch Death Glare Broken Aesop Funny Background Event Reality Is Unrealistic Outrun the Fireball Well-Intentioned Extremist Only a Flesh Wound Tranquil Fury Christmas Movies Index Rich Bitch Insult Backfire The Cavalry Silent Movie I Want My Beloved to Be Happy The Stinger Race Against the Clock Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Punch-Clock Villain Chase Scene Fanservice Extra Wicked Cultured Badass Grandpa Race Lift Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Naked People Are Funny Asshole Victim The Alleged Car Slasher Movie Instant Death Bullet Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Adaptational Attractiveness Driven to Suicide Training Montage Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Made of Iron Made of Explodium The Dog Bites Back Morality Pet Parental Substitute Call-Back Sole Survivor Retcon An Aesop Pre-Mortem One-Liner Evil Brit You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Hero Antagonist One-Word Title Evil Sounds Deep Accidental Misnaming The Oner War Is Hell Insistent Terminology The '50s Good Is Not Nice Even Evil Has Loved Ones Bare Your Midriff "Well Done, Son!" Guy Ambiguously Gay Action Prologue Villainous Breakdown Not So Different Romantic Comedy Take a Third Option Bi the Way Madness Mantra Once More, with Clarity! Creepy Child Batman Gambit Decoy Protagonist Drowning My Sorrows Daddy's Girl Animal Title Index The '80s Developing Doomed Characters Actually Pretty Funny Fourth Date Marriage Black Comedy Monumental Damage Depraved Bisexual Guile Hero Double-Meaning Title After the End Suspiciously Similar Substitute Paper-Thin Disguise Creative Closing Credits Cool Old Guy You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! This Is Gonna Suck She's Got Legs Darkest Hour Off-into-the-Distance Ending Beta Couple Redshirt Army Failed a Spot Check Dropped a Bridge on Him Obstructive Bureaucrat Defrosting Ice Queen Mind Screw Stalker with a Crush Face–Heel Turn Car Fu It Can Think From Bad to Worse Insane Troll Logic Accidental Murder Fantastic Racism The End... Or Is It? Properly Paranoid All There in the Manual Hero of Another Story Scenery Porn Not So Above It All Slashed Throat Gorn Artistic License – Military Knife Nut Eldritch Abomination Faking the Dead Antagonist Title Badass Bookworm Amoral Attorney German Films Disguised in Drag Soundtrack Dissonance A.I. Is a Crapshoot Author Appeal Killed Mid-Sentence Big "NO!" Playing Gertrude Self-Deprecation Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Betty and Veronica Mooks Red Oni, Blue Oni Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Agony of the Feet Soft Glass Action Survivor Revenge Book-Ends Australian Movies The Dragon As the Good Book Says... Artistic License – Physics Kick the Son of a Bitch Red Eyes, Take Warning Extremely Short Timespan It's All About Me Video Credits An Arm and a Leg Adorkable I Did What I Had to Do True Companions Noodle Incident Alas, Poor Villain He Knows Too Much Sports Stories Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Sanity Slippage Apocalypse How Ironic Echo Manly Tears Shirtless Scene Catapult Nightmare Worthy Opponent Romantic False Lead Only Sane Man Important Haircut Sequel Hook Never Found the Body Arc Words Rule of Symbolism Smoking Is Cool Fish out of Water Babies Ever After Our Zombies Are Different Whole Plot Reference '80s Hair Plot Hole Affectionate Parody Evil Is Petty Catch-Phrase NO INDOOR VOICE Punny Name Only One Name Actor Allusion Informed Ability Framing Device She Cleans Up Nicely Department of Redundancy Department Small Name, Big Ego Off with His Head! Police are Useless Gender Flip The X of Y Shown Their Work Death by Adaptation Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Dreaded Foil Neck Lift Room Full of Crazy Product Placement Flashback Mighty Whitey Continuity Nod Demoted to Extra Cruel and Unusual Death Spell My Name with an "S" Riddle for the Ages Those Two Guys The Ditz Flipping the Bird Horror Comedy Dirty Coward Meaningful Echo Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Took a Level in Jerkass Wretched Hive Five-Man Band Shoot the Shaggy Dog Slap-Slap-Kiss Badass Normal Combat Pragmatist Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Politically Incorrect Villain Red Shirt The Voiceless Adaptation Name Change Bullying a Dragon Historical-Domain Character Genre Savvy Fatal Flaw Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Facial Horror Intergenerational Friendship Determinator aka: The Determinator Alliterative Name Last-Name Basis Chewing the Scenery Leave the Camera Running Foreshadowing Thriller Anguished Declaration of Love Up to Eleven Blatant Lies Fainting As Himself Put on a Bus Pyrrhic Victory Protagonist Title Peek-a-Boo Corpse Woman in White Blood from the Mouth Took a Level in Badass Anyone Can Die Brainless Beauty Happily Married What Happened to the Mouse? Cool Car Pretty in Mink Eiffel Tower Effect Action Girl Non-Indicative Name Did Not Get the Girl Trailers Always Spoil O.O.C. Is Serious Business Pragmatic Villainy Freudian Excuse Amusing Injuries Reality Ensues Those Wacky Nazis Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism In Name Only The Cameo Imagine Spot No OSHA Compliance Suddenly SHOUTING! Psycho for Hire Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Offscreen Teleportation Gone Horribly Right Let's Get Dangerous! Bittersweet Ending Closed Circle "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue British Films Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Ship Tease Time Skip Broken Pedestal N-Word Privileges Jerk Jock Eureka Moment Bad Boss Vacation Films Drives Like Crazy Jerkass Bond Villain Stupidity Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Evil vs. Evil Early-Bird Cameo The Remake Silence Is Golden Canadian Movies Call-Forward Arch-Enemy Adaptation Distillation Japanese Films Parental Incest Kubrick Stare Abusive Parents Defiant to the End Groin Attack The Bad Guy Wins Love Triangle Kill It with Fire Animated Credits Opening Ms. Fanservice The Casanova Super Strength For the Evulz Fanservice Mad Scientist Does This Remind You of Anything? One-Man Army Artistic License – Law Ungrateful Bastard Obviously Evil Final Girl Composite Character Award-Bait Song And the Adventure Continues The '60s Tagline The Atoner The Vamp Precision F-Strike Blonde, Brunette, Redhead And Starring Serious Business Would Hurt a Child Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Creator Cameo Loads and Loads of Characters Shower Scene Nice Hat Manic Pixie Dream Girl Parental Neglect Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Deliberate Values Dissonance Scary Black Man Dark and Troubled Past Cool Guns Frame-Up Woman Scorned Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Adult Fear Hong Kong Films Immune to Bullets Fingore Dirty Cop Body Horror Your Head A-Splode Adapted Out Distracted by the Sexy Spiritual Successor Recycled IN SPACE! Hollywood Law Cool Shades Foregone Conclusion timeperiod Destination Defenestration Loophole Abuse Wham Shot Eyepatch of Power Genre Throwback Awesome, but Impractical The Mole Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Fun with Acronyms Corrupt Corporate Executive Real Life Writes the Plot Vomit Indiscretion Shot Get Out! Spared by the Adaptation Fan Disservice Break the Cutie Death of a Child Improbable Weapon User Naïve Newcomer A God Am I Unspoken Plan Guarantee Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Eye Scream Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Big Brother Instinct Poor Communication Kills Adaptational Heroism The Place Rape as Drama Dressing as the Enemy Bottomless Magazines Easily Forgiven Yandere For Want of a Nail Pretty Little Headshots Historical Villain Upgrade Drugs Are Bad Canon Foreigner No Good Deed Goes Unpunished You Killed My Father Gory Discretion Shot Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Not Using the "Z" Word Drill Sergeant Nasty A Minor Kidroduction Animal Motifs Toplessness from the Back The Alcoholic No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Jitter Cam Breaking the Fourth Wall Big Fancy House Spiteful Spit Establishing Character Moment Fire-Forged Friends Military and Warfare Films Grey and Gray Morality There Is No Kill Like Overkill Getting Crap Past the Radar Laughing Mad Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Hooker with a Heart of Gold Blood Knight Adaptational Villainy A Father to His Men Heroic Sacrifice The Musical Shell-Shocked Veteran Downer Ending The Big Guy Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Bond One-Liner Annoying Younger Sibling BFG Auto Erotica Attempted Rape Lampshade Hanging Men Are the Expendable Gender Affably Evil Laser-Guided Karma Faux Affably Evil An Axe to Grind Market-Based Title Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Tap on the Head Dwindling Party Everyone Has Standards Dramedy Hoist by His Own Petard Leitmotif Lighter and Softer Neck Snap The Reveal Twist Ending Darker and Edgier Works Set in World War II Grievous Bottley Harm Superhero The Stoic Nice Guy Dutch Angle Disney Death Hypocrite Never Trust a Trailer Overly Long Gag Big Applesauce Chekhov's Gun Big Damn Heroes Big Bad Totally Radical Dirty Old Man The Power of Love Heel–Face Turn Offscreen Moment of Awesome Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Children Are Innocent Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Face Death with Dignity Four-Temperament Ensemble More Dakka La Résistance Film Noir Too Dumb to Live The Sociopath Say My Name Dual Wielding Domestic Abuse Mystery and Detective Films Credits Gag Cool Old Lady Epic Fail Humans Are Bastards Jerkass Has a Point Cluster F-Bomb All There in the Script Artistic License – Gun Safety Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Stuff Blowing Up Dark Action Girl Curse Cut Short Adaptational Badass Double Entendre Badass Boast Ascended Extra Not What It Looks Like Undying Loyalty Villain with Good Publicity Central Theme Deal with the Devil Unwitting Instigator of Doom The Ace Half the Man He Used to Be The Starscream Film Noir Index Sexy Discretion Shot Humiliation Conga Re-Cut Slasher Smile Intrepid Reporter Green-Eyed Monster Needs Wiki Magic Love Broken Bird Idiot Ball Bald of Evil Femme Fatale Aluminum Christmas Trees Bunny-Ears Lawyer Biopic The '70s Documentary Bring My Brown Pants Running Gag Star-Crossed Lovers Didn't Think This Through Be Careful What You Wish For Fantasy Films Logo Joke May–December Romance Dull Surprise It's Personal Gold Digger Brutal Honesty Earn Your Happy Ending Manipulative Bastard Reality Has No Subtitles All Girls Want Bad Boys Funny Foreigner Karmic Death The Smurfette Principle Psychopathic Manchild Big-Bad Ensemble Disney Villain Death Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Age Lift Back from the Dead Badass Longcoat Redemption Equals Death Abhorrent Admirer Kick the Dog Line-of-Sight Name Match Cut The Quiet One Stock Footage Armor-Piercing Question Gilligan Cut Boom, Headshot! Make It Look Like an Accident Beauty Is Never Tarnished Enemy Mine No Antagonist Sacrificial Lion Unresolved Sexual Tension Sir Swears-a-Lot As You Know Kill 'em All Novelization Authority Equals Asskicking The Smart Guy Would Hit a Girl Gainax Ending Sadistic Choice Demonic Possession No Name Given He Who Fights Monsters Gratuitous English Card-Carrying Villain Celebrity Paradox Brother–Sister Incest Ass Shove Deus ex Machina Skewed Priorities The Un-Reveal Hell Is That Noise Villain Protagonist Reasonable Authority Figure Public Domain Feature Films I'm a Humanitarian Disproportionate Retribution MacGuffin Refuge in Audacity Calling the Old Man Out Shout-Out The '90s Anachronic Order Random Events Plot Knight Templar Sinister Minister Take That! Storming the Castle Karma Houdini Belligerent Sexual Tension Death Seeker All for Nothing Implacable Man No Celebrities Were Harmed The Brute Hollywood Darkness Older Than They Look Expository Hairstyle Change Those Two Bad Guys Coming-of-Age Story Spanner in the Works Air-Vent Passageway Vampire Fiction Truth in Television Conspicuous CG Genre Shift Suspiciously Specific Denial Mundane Made Awesome Honor Before Reason Action Genre Mistaken for Gay folderlabel Heroes Want Redheads Mood Whiplash Malevolent Masked Men All Just a Dream Corpsing Sassy Black Woman Scenery Gorn The Film of the Book Never My Fault Ominous Latin Chanting Very Loosely Based on a True Story Pet the Dog Blackmail Posthumous Character Vomit Discretion Shot Tempting Fate Ripped from the Headlines All Men Are Perverts Psychological Thriller Brick Joke Scare Chord "The Reason You Suck" Speech You Have Failed Me Papa Wolf Hope Spot Plucky Comic Relief Daylight Horror Fate Worse than Death Bitch in Sheep's Clothing The Load Dogged Nice Guy Rasputinian Death Exactly What It Says on the Tin Chiaroscuro Cloudcuckoolander The Lancer Danny Peary Cult Movies List As Long as It Sounds Foreign Ghost Fiction Manchild Deconstruction "Shaggy Dog" Story Adaptation Dye-Job Nothing Is Scarier Horror Films Narrator Same Language Dub Mugging the Monster The Lost Lenore Despair Event Horizon Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Meet Cute Due to the Dead Science Fiction Films Hidden Depths Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Sequel Escalation Damsel in Distress Index of Film Westerns Parental Abandonment French Films Beware the Nice Ones Dark Is Not Evil The Chessmaster Wounded Gazelle Gambit Male Frontal Nudity Improvised Weapon Film Series Ambiguous Disorder And I Must Scream Here We Go Again! Villain Opening Scene Advertised Extra Rewatch Bonus Martial Arts Movie Deadpan Snarker Badass in a Nice Suit Cowboy Cop Large Ham Freeze-Frame Bonus Serial Killer Really Gets Around Cat Fight Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Title Drop Evil-Detecting Dog Homage Taking the Bullet Leaning on the Fourth Wall Berserk Button Zombie Stories Dying Moment of Awesome Married to the Job Chekhov's Skill Butt-Monkey Left the Background Music On Expy Costume Porn 20 Minutes into the Future Motor Mouth Major Injury Underreaction Token Minority Better to Die than Be Killed No-Sell One Steve Limit Visual Pun