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