History Main / GumInHair

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LampshadeHanging You've got gum in your hair, Lincoln.]]]]

Subtrope of GrossGumGag.

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* One ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' issue has Nobita using Doraemon's Gadget-of-the-Week, the Accuracy Hat (which gives its wearer ImprobableAimingSkills at throwing objects) to throw a long wad of gum at Gian and Suneo from a distance after overhearing them talking bad behind his back, sticking it into both their hairs at once -- cue disgusted yells from Gian and Suneo.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', one of Tommy's home movies shows Susie trying to pull a large wad of gum out of Kimi's hair.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** In "[[Recap/RugratsS2E4ShowdownAtTeeterTotterGulchMirrorland Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch]]", the most common form of punishment from Prudence (A.K.A. The Junk Food Kid) was getting her gum in the other children's hair, forcing their parents to get it cut. This happens to Belinda early in the episode, and near the end of the episode, Tommy gives Prudence [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she inflates it. After Prudence reappears with her hair cut short, [[HeelFaceTurn she is much more soft-spoken and kinder to the other children, takes up eating healthy foods, and shares them]].
** In "Hair!", this happens to Angelica who pigs out on saltwater taffy and gets some of it stuck in her hair. Stu tells her he went through similar experience, and he had to get his head shaved.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Kindergarten}}'', AlphaBitch Cindy's favourite way of bullying other girls is getting boys to put gum in their hair. Over the course of the game and [[VideoGame/Kindergarten2 its sequel]], she does it to all three of the other girls in the cast at one point or another.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lisa get bubble gum stuck in her hair. She spends the whole episode trying increasingly drastic methods to try and get it out.

* One ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' issue had Nobita using Doraemon's Gadget-of-the-Week, the Accuracy Hat (which gives it's wearer ImprobableAimingSkills at throwing objects) to throw a long wad of gum at Gian and Suneo from a distance after overhearing them talking bad behind his back, sticking into both their hairs at once - cue disgusted yells from Gian and Suneo.

* One ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' issue had Nobita using DOraemon's Gadget-of-the-Week, the Accuracy Hat (which gives it's wearer ImprobableAimingSkills at throwing objects) to throw a long wad of gum at Gian and Suneo from a distance after overhearing them talking bad behind his back, sticking into both their hairs at once - cue disgusted yells from Gian and Suneo.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'' episode "Gum and Gummer", Beth accidentally gets gum stuck on Leshawna's hair and spends the rest of the episode trying to help her get it out.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "[[Recap/RugratsS2E4ShowdownAtTeeterTotterGulchMirrorland Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch]]", the most common form of punishment from Prudence (A.K.A. The Junk Food Kid) was getting her gum in the other children's hair, forcing their parents to get it cut. This happens to Belinda early in the episode, and near the end of the episode, Tommy gives Prudence [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she inflates it. After Prudence reappears with her hair cut short, [[HeelFaceTurn she is much more soft-spoken and kinder to the other children, takes up eating healthy foods, and shares them]].

!!Examples

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* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' Haruhi states that this is the reason for her boyish haircut. Before the school year, someone stuck a piece of gum in her hair and she just decided to cut it all off since getting gum out of long hair is a pain.

-->''"...and the gum was so hard by that point that peanut butter wasn't gonna do the trick," she was babbling as I pulled out the sofa-sleeper. "Had to chop it right off! Boy, was I steamed - I didn't speak to Robbie for a week! Little jerk. I ended up dating him Sophomore year in high school, though; not a bad kisser."''

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'': One arc starts with Barry putting a piece of gum in Curtis's hair while he's asleep, gluing his pillow there. Mom has to cut it free, leaving Curtis with a huge bald patch.
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* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': One of the pranks Matilda plays on her abusive family is to superglue her father's hat to his head.

* In ''Film/ItTakesTwo'', one of the twins discreetly spits a piece of gum on her dad's ChildHater fiancée, forcing her to get a really short haircut.

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* In ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' Haruhi states that this is the reason for her boyish haircut. Before the school year, someone stuck a piece of gum in her hair and she just decided to cut it all off since getting gum out of long hair is a pain.

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* In ''Film/ItTakesTwo'', one of the twins discreetly spits a piece of gum in her dad's ChildHater fiancee, forcing her to get a really short haircut.

[[folder: Literature ]]

* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': One of the pranks Matilda plays on her abusive family is to superglue her father's hat to his head.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lisa get bubble gum stuck in her hair. She spends the whole episode trying increasingly drastic methods to try and get it out.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS2E4ShowdownAtTeeterTotterGulchMirrorland Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch]]", the most common form of punishment from Prudence (A.K.A. The Junk Food Kid) was getting her gum in the other children's hair, forcing their parents to get it cut. This happens to Belinda early in the episode, and near the end of the episode, Tommy gives Prudence [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she inflates it. After Prudence reappears with her hair cut short, [[HeelFaceTurn she is much more soft-spoken and kinder to the other children, takes up eating healthy foods, and shares them]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Heavy Meddle", Lincoln gets a piece of gum stuck in his hair by a bully, and tries to get it out before his sisters notice, knowing they will want to intervene if they found out he was being bullied.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a flashback to Dipper and Mabel in elementary school shows a bully sticking a piece of gum in Mabel's hair, ruining picture day for her. Dipper suggests just shaving a chunk of it off, using his own hair to demonstrate, cheering her up.
* At the end of a ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'' episode, Twister is forced to pick up garbage around Madtown Skatepark as punishment for ruining a new ramp. A bunch of kids throw their trash at him, including a piece of gum that gets stuck in his hair.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'', one of Tommy's home movies show Susie trying to pull a large wad of gum out of Kimi's hair.
* This is a favorite tactic of the Six-Gum Gang in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' since their revolvers fire [[AbnormalAmmo chewing gum]], they commonly fire it at other kids' hair.

* A ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' OVA, ''Anime/ShippuKonohaGakuenDen'', has Hinata and Ino ask why Sakura is shown cutting her hair in the HighSchoolAU ending. Sakura explains that she laid down on the grass on got a piece of gum in her hair.

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[[AC:{{Film}} -- Live Action]]
* In ''Film/ItTakesTwo'', one of the twins discreetly spits a piece of gum in her dad's ChildHater fiancee, forcing her to get a really short haircut.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': One of the pranks Matilda plays on her abusive family is to superglue her father's hat to his head.
* ''Literature/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'': Alexander kicks off the day by waking up with chewing gum in his hair.

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[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Lisa get bubble gum stuck in her hair. She spends the whole episode trying increasingly drastic methods to try and get it out.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS2E4ShowdownAtTeeterTotterGulchMirrorland Showdown at Teeter-Totter Gulch]]", the most common form of punishment from Prudence (A.K.A. The Junk Food Kid) was getting her gum in the other children's hair, forcing their parents to get it cut. This happens to Belinda early in the episode, and near the end of the episode, Tommy gives Prudence [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of her own medicine]] by popping her bubble as she inflates it. After Prudence reappears with her hair cut short, [[HeelFaceTurn she is much more soft-spoken and kinder to the other children, takes up eating healthy foods, and shares them]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Heavy Meddle", Lincoln gets a piece of gum stuck in his hair by a bully, and tries to get it out before his sisters notice, knowing they will want to intervene if they found out he was being bullied.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a flashback to Dipper and Mabel in elementary school shows a bully sticking a piece of gum in Mabel's hair, ruining picture day for her. Dipper suggests just shaving a chunk of it off, using his own hair to demonstrate, cheering her up.

* This is a favorite tactic of the Six-Gum Gang in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' since their revolvers fire [[AbnormalAmmo chewing gum]], they commonly fire it at other kids' hair.

-->''"...and the gum was so hard by that point that peanut butter wasn't gonna do the trick," she was babbling as I pulled out the sofa-sleeper. "Had to chop it right off! Boy, was I steamed - I didn't speak to Robbie for a week! Little jerk. I ended up dating him Sophomore year in high school, though; not a bad kisser."

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}
* In ''Anime/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' Haruhi states that this is the reason for her boyish haircut. Before the school year, someone stuck a piece of gum in her hair and she just decided to cut it all off since getting gum out of long hair is a pain.

[[AC:{{Anime}}]]

* A ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' OVA has Hinata and Ino ask why Sakura is shown cutting her hair in the HighSchoolAU ending. Sakura explains that she laid down on the grass on got a piece of gum in her hair.

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!Examples

!!{{Anime}}

!!{{Film}}

!!{{Literature}}:

* ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'': One of the pranks Matilda plays on her abusive family is to superglue her father's hat to his head.

!!NewspaperComics

!!WesternAnimation

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a bully sticks a piece of gum in her hair, ruining picture day for her. Dipper suggests just shaving a chunk of it off, using her own hair to demonstrate, cheering her up.

!!Examples

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