History Main / EightiesHair

** Bishop’s [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-Z4ya9Tt_zR9En-VKT3KAZRotuVvbPlH3rA&usqp=CAU mullet,]] was truly out of control Eighties-style massive when he first appeared. Since then he’s either got a more sensible haircut or has shaved his head completely.

* Music/MichaelJackson sported a Jheri curl on the covers of ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' and ''Music/{{Bad}}'' (being somewhat looser in the latter than in the former), a hairstyle that was popular with African-American men during the '80s.

* Music/MichaelJackson sported a Jheri curl on the cover of ''Music/{{Bad}}'', a hairstyle that was popular with African-American men during the '80s.

* "The Nature Boy" Wrestling/RicFlair had AWESOME '80s hair, and most wrestlers hung onto their mullets well past their sell-by-date. (Wrestling/MichaelCole had a mullet well into the "Attitude" Era.)

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' naturally had plenty of '80s hair since it was created in 1984. Notably [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLNaWyogLza0cfdKPS-BjSsD6--UoIpGxOmg&usqp=CAU Ranfan]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_440inBB1KgQYLLpaVnp69Cq2N6wN6wcfxA&usqp=CAU Bulma]] (during the Mecha Frieza saga) possessed some massive and beautiful afro-like perms. Yamcha typically has long mullet hair, as well as kid Gohan briefly during the Android Saga. A few Saiyans have some very 80s hair too, such as [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/7/7c/ToraBorgosAndFasha.png/revision/latest?cb=20100609064824 Tora and Fasha/Celipa]] from [[Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku Bardock’s squad]]. There’s also [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQb756aOGiK_HcJCS4odeFYvAoiCyXxWKf1rg&usqp=CAU Zangya]] from ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' and her massive, curly Starfire-sized hair, even though that movie came out in 1993.

** Many regular and guest characters in the '80s. Nyssa (played by Creator/SarahSutton) and Mel (Creator/BonnieLangford) are two particularly prominent examples Justified in Mel's case since she actually comes from the 1980s. So does Nyssa, technically, but [HumanAlien from another planet.]

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' naturally had plenty of '80s hair since it was created in 1984. Notably [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLNaWyogLza0cfdKPS-BjSsD6--UoIpGxOmg&usqp=CAU Ranfan]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_440inBB1KgQYLLpaVnp69Cq2N6wN6wcfxA&usqp=CAU Bulma]] (during the Mecha Frieza saga) possessed some massive and beautiful afro-like perms. Yamcha typically has long mullet hair, as well as kid Gohan briefly during the Android Saga. A few Saiyans have some very 80s hair too, such as Tora and Fasha/Celipa from [[Anime/DragonBallZBardockTheFatherOfGoku Bardock’s squad]]. There’s also [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQb756aOGiK_HcJCS4odeFYvAoiCyXxWKf1rg&usqp=CAU Zangya]] from ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'' and her massive, curly Starfire-sized hair, even though that movie came out in 1993.

* Speaking of Spider-Man, ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' aka Eddie Brock could be [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUecqSYtijT2Vd5qrj3uWDrXUX_-vuZuEW9EfuX4lXRt5ypp-N85EhJ6y2&s=10 seen with a mullet when undisguised.]]

* In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', [[http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/twokhd/twokhd0421.jpg Khan and his followers]] look like the entourage of a hair metal group.

* Irma Águilar, Irma González and La Medusa in Lucha Libre Inernacional/Universal Wrestling Association and Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, during the eighties, naturally. Also joined by Wrestling/{{A|llJapanWomensProWrestling}}JW's Dump Matsumoto during the time period.

* Folken from ''Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne'' has a mullet.
** So does Giovanni Gallo from ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' (which was made by the same people behind Escaflowne.)

* The original ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' is an extremely notorious perpetrator of the Floofy Hair syndrome, especially Kei. And especially Yuri.

* Creator/SallyKnyvette, who played Jenna Stannis in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', actually had to add extra hair to make her own seem fuller; fortunately, she was allowed to drop it in Season 2.
** Contrary to popular jokes about B7 being all about jumpsuits and perms, Gareth Thomas and Steven Pacey didn't actually sport perms. Both of them have quite fluffy, curly hair in real life. Only Jan Chappell sported some truly awful perms, especially around the first season.

* [[DestroyerDeity Gozer the Gozerian]] in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' has a noted flat top, being marked by Ray as a target when the team fire their proton packs at it. In ''Film/GhostBustersAfterlife'' ''the flat top returns!'' Even though Gozer is played by a different actress, [[spoiler: Peter even addresses Gozer as "Flat top" when he appears in a glorious BigDamnHeroes alongside Ray and Winston in the climax.]]

Compare GiantPoofySleeves, MegaTwintails, FiftiesHair, SixtiesHair, SeventiesHair, and NinetiesHair.

* Averted in ''Series/{{UFO}}'' (a '70s sci-fi show set in the future world of 1980) as everyone wore wigs.

As a result of the decade's relevance in pop culture, these hairstyles have been constantly featured in many works on the ensuing decades, being notoriously portrayed in TheNineties and TheAughts as {{impossibly tacky|Clothes}}, and with the growing awareness and eventual removal of ozone-tearing chemicals in hair products, [[https://www.grunge.com/237452/the-80s-fashion-trend-that-literally-destroyed-the-ozone-layer harmful to the environment.]] TheNewTens' fascination with everything '80s however briefly led to a [[PopularityPolynomial public revival]] of the same 'dos that ''no one'' would want to get caught dead with ten years ago, though thankfully this wasn't done to the same extremes as it was in the 80's, and the ozone-damaging CFC chemicals present in aerosol cans back then have been banned in most countries today.

In the Black community, the Afros of the 70's gave way to box fades reaching the heavens, along with the Jheri curl (named after hair chemist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jheri_Redding Jheri Redding]]), hair that's been chemically relaxed and laden with enough oil to make Exxon jealous. Think Music/MichaelJackson. These looks were primarily popular with Black men; while some women adapted them too, most others went with the feathered and teased look mentioned above.

As one can see from the photographs displayed at right, there never has been one standard template for '80s Hair, and the trend evolved along with the decade itself. The earliest examples were, at least for women, an outgrowth of SeventiesHair, after ladies switched from the long, straight, long "hippie" style of the late Sixties to the voluminous, wavy style (think Farrah Fawcett) starting about 1976. In the early '80s, bowl cuts and other longer styles from the '70s remained popular among boys and young men. Later, as the PunkRock aesthetic went mainstream, males also joined the fun, and both sexes increased the height and/or curliness of their hair and dyed it blond or [[DelinquentHair other vibrant colors]] and made it stick up with SpikyHair; this "big-hair" trend arguably reached its [[StealthPun zenith]] about 1987 (although, ironically, the phrase "big hair" didn't start showing up in the popular media until 1989, at which point the fad was beginning to fade). At the same time, the rise of the yuppie, the influence of the "preppie" look, and the resurgence of cultural conservatism under Reagan and Thatcher caused white-collar professional men to favor a clean-cut, slicked-back look harkening back to FiftiesHair. The closing years of the decade then saw a gradual phasing out of the style, especially for men, with boys' hairstyles getting shorter than they had been at any point since the mid-1960s, but often retaining the 1983-1987 glossiness and puffiness.

As a result of the decade's relevance in pop culture, these hairstyles have been constantly featured in many works on the ensuing decades, being notoriously portrayed in TheNineties and TheAughts as {{impossibly tacky|Clothes}}, and with the growing awareness and eventual removal of ozone-tearing chemicals in hair products, [[https://www.grunge.com/237452/the-80s-fashion-trend-that-literally-destroyed-the-ozone-layer harmful to the environment.]] TheNewTens' fascination with everything '80s however has led to a [[PopularityPolynomial public revival]] of the same 'dos that ''no one'' would want to get caught dead with ten years ago.[[note]]Although at the moment, the hair-head ratio is far smaller and heavy dyeing is still not mainstream but is more popular than metal hairstyles.[[/note]]

It's very rare you see a character with '80s hair waking up at 4am to fluff, blow-dry, tease, iron, crimp, and apply tons of hair product. They appear to have somehow [[RuleOfGlamorous magically]] woken up [[WakeupMakeup with the full 'do]], or you see two seconds of blow-drying.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989''. Doubly impressive in that Ariel's hair is like that when she's out of the water and sopping wet. Not even the power of the ocean can defeat THAT volume. Underwater... well, hair spreads out underwater. This is why female scuba divers keep theirs short.

* ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' managed to do this with non-anthropomorphic dogs. The fluff of fur on Rita's head looks awfully '80s.

* Given hockey player Jaromir Jagr had a glorious mullet during the 90s, there is a group of his fans called [[https://twitter.com/30G30N/status/1372959234577461251 "Travelling Jagrs"]], each dressed in a Jagr jersey (including of the Czech national team and on occasion the All-Star Game) and with a mullet wig.

* Till this very day, a lot of middle-aged guys still use it. And general consensus is that they try to look cool but they fail miserably because it doesn't suit them. Nor is a good haircut

** Many regular and guest characters in the '80s. Nyssa (played by Creator/SarahSutton) and Mel (Creator/BonnieLangford) are two particularly prominent examples Justified in Mel's case since she actually comes from the 1980s.

You are flipping through channels. Suddenly a woman comes into view that has huge bangs.[[note]] ''British English'': fringe[[/note]] You can't help it. You shout "'80s Hair!" Be it the Jheri curl, wanton crimping, the feathered and volumized big hair, the box cut, or the mullet, hair from TheEighties [[{{Pun}} sticks out]].

As one can see from the photographs displayed at right, there never has been one standard template for '80s Hair, and the trend evolved along with the decade itself. The earliest examples were, at least for women, an outgrowth of SeventiesHair, after ladies switched from the long, straight "hippie" style of the late Sixties to the voluminous, wavy style (think Farrah Fawcett) starting about 1976. In the early '80s, bowl cuts and other longer styles from the '70s remained popular among boys and young men. Later, as the PunkRock aesthetic went mainstream, males also joined the fun, and both sexes increased the height and/or curliness of their hair and dyed it blond or other vibrant colors; this "big-hair" trend arguably reached its [[StealthPun zenith]] about 1987 (although, ironically, the phrase "big hair" didn't start showing up in the popular media until 1989, at which point the fad was beginning to fade). At the same time, the rise of the yuppie, the influence of the "preppie" look, and the resurgence of cultural conservatism under Reagan and Thatcher caused white-collar professional men to favor a clean-cut, slicked-back look harkening back to FiftiesHair. The closing years of the decade then saw a gradual phasing out of the style, especially for men, with boys' hairstyles getting shorter than they had been at any point since the mid-1960s, but often retaining the 1983-1987 glossiness and puffiness.

It's very rare you see anyone with '80s hair waking up at 4am to fluff, blow-dry, tease, iron, crimp, and apply tons of hair product. They appear to have somehow [[RuleOfGlamorous magically]] woken up [[WakeupMakeup with the full 'do]], or you see two seconds of blow-drying.

* Wrestling/DolphZiggler sported a frizzy blond mullet with no apparent irony. Combined with his [[DarkSkinnedBlonde exaggeratedly "healthy" tan]], he looks a great deal like the late Wrestling/CurtHennig, a.k.a. "Mr. Perfect" (and, coincidentally, he used to have a theme song with the title of "Perfection") though he trimmed back his 'do (and may be undergoing a HeelFaceTurn to boot).

* Sally Knyvette, who played Jenna Stannis in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', actually had to add extra hair to make her own seem fuller; fortunately, she was allowed to drop it in Season 2.

* Till this very day, a lot of middle-aged guys still use it. And general consensus is that they try to look cool but they fail miserably because it doesn't suit them. Nor is a good haircut.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNvJALmilaj3mKoScqXfybogjxiVtWCDPVcQ&usqp=CAU Exhibit A]] is Death of the Endless who’s unmistakably a ''Music/TheCure''-era Trad [[PerkyGoth Goth]] girl with her frizzy mane of black hair and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJsIlXtJSfsxRWJA8vETj_zg656SwRpQUzLQ&usqp=CAU Exhibit B]] is Dream of the Endless himself with his long 80s hair. What’s that? Creator/NeilGaiman [[AuthorAvatar has an extremely similar hairdo]]? Funny coincidence.

** This show is a rare example where it's most notably pronounced on the boys instead of the girls. The two characters who most obviously fit this trope are Steve and Billy. Both of them have mullets at some point, although Steve's is much more well-coiffed than Billy's, which is more scraggly. Steve in Season 2 is ashamed to admit that he uses Farrah Fawcett-brand hairspray to get his luscious mane. Dustin uses it to get a similar hairstyle for the school dance during the finale.
** This imbalance is rectified when Nancy starts sporting this in Season 3, adding some volume, curls and bangs to her hair.

** Joyce's hair in Season 3, whilst still low maintenance, is full and has heavy bangs.

* [[DestroyerDeity Gozer the Gozerian]] in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' has a noted flat top, being marked by Ray as a target when the team fire their proton packs at it. In ''Film/GhostBustersAfterlife'' ''the flat top returns!'' Even though Gozer is played by a different actress, [[spoiler: Peter even addresses Gozer as "Flat top" when he appears in a glorius BigDamnHeroes alongside Ray and Winston in the climax.]]