Tropescilloscope: Expository Hairstyle Change

Hairstyle change signals a characterization change. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Is a Crapshoot All There in the Manual Suspiciously Specific Denial Flashback The Place Red Herring Berserk Button Never Found the Body Trailers Always Spoil Deliberately Monochrome The Sociopath How We Got Here Rule of Funny Humiliation Conga The Bully Coming-of-Age Story Karmic Death Romantic False Lead I'm a Humanitarian Kubrick Stare Faking the Dead Cloudcuckoolander Major Injury Underreaction Ghost Fiction Honor Before Reason Gold Digger Improbable Weapon User The Hero Dies Not So Stoic Actually Pretty Funny Daddy's Girl Index of Film Westerns Action Survivor Attempted Rape Freeze-Frame Bonus Heroic Sacrifice Dutch Angle The Stinger The Smart Guy What the Hell, Hero? What Happened to the Mouse? Male Gaze The Brute Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Catapult Nightmare Accidental Misnaming Eureka Moment Accidental Murder Taking You with Me Posthumous Character Evil-Detecting Dog Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? 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Light Is Not Good Big Eater Historical Villain Upgrade Brother–Sister Incest Shown Their Work Plucky Comic Relief Darker and Edgier Peek-a-Boo Corpse I Need a Freaking Drink All Just a Dream Biopic Toplessness from the Back Rousing Speech The Reveal Say My Name Heel Realization Black Comedy Action Girl Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Face–Heel Turn Empathic Environment The Remake Hero of Another Story I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Apocalypse How No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Room Full of Crazy Parental Neglect Stealth Pun It Will Never Catch On The Chessmaster Offscreen Moment of Awesome Exactly What It Says on the Tin Only One Name Revenge Have a Gay Old Time Establishing Character Moment Everyone Has Standards Stepford Smiler Cold-Blooded Torture Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome More Dakka The Big Guy Frame-Up Contrived Coincidence Older Than They Look 20 Minutes into the Future Distracted by the Sexy Blood Knight Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Evil Laugh Heel–Face Turn Super Strength I Have Your Wife Final Girl Arc Words Vitriolic Best Buds Mama Bear Evil Brit Documentary Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! 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