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* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell Year of Hell]]", Annorax had, using time incursions, [[FakeBetterAlternateTimeline accidentally]] made his wife vanish from existence. All he had left of her was a lock of her hair.

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* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell Year of Hell]]", Annorax had, using time incursions, [[FakeBetterAlternateTimeline accidentally]] made his wife vanish from existence. All he had left of her was a lock of her hair. hair, which he preserves in a stasis container so it won't be effected by his attempts to change the timeline. As his vessel is destroyed, he watches helplessly as the container breaks and the hair vanishes from existence.
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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'': In ''Sworn Sword'', after Dunk defeats [[spoiler:Longinch]], he and [[spoiler:Rohanne]] warm up to each other, with their interaction containing plenty of romance, and ending in Dunk cutting a piece of [[spoiler:Rohanne's]] hair to "remember her by".

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* ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg'': ''Literature/TalesOfDunkAndEgg''. In ''Sworn Sword'', "The Sworn Sword", Lady Rohanne wears her hair in a single long plait which she plays with coquettishly while flirting with Dunk. At the end of the story, after much BelligerentSexualTension between them, Dunk defeats [[spoiler:Longinch]], he and [[spoiler:Rohanne]] warm up to each other, with their interaction containing plenty of romance, and ending in Dunk cutting a piece of [[spoiler:Rohanne's]] hair to "remember refuses her by". offer of a fine steed but cuts off her plait so he'll have something to remember her by.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime:'' "What Was Missing" reveals that Finn keeps a piece of PB's hair and sometimes touches it.

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** According to "His Hero", [[PrecursorHeroes Billy]] once saved a DamselInDistress from the evil Fire Count "with such bravery/That she offered him her hair".
** In "To Cut a Woman's Hair", a balding wicked witch blackmails Finn into getting her beautiful hair from a princess. Finn goes around asking all the princesses he knows for hair (without being allowed to explain why), and they all think he's asking for TheLadysFavour and get all flirty.
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"What Was Missing" reveals that Finn keeps a piece of PB's Princess Bubblegum's candy hair and sometimes touches it. it.
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* ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart'': Lancelot is on a quest to find Guinevere. As he's tracking her, he comes upon a place where she combed out her hair. She left behind her comb with a strand of hair still caught in the tines. Lancelot is so overcome with emotion he nearly {{faint|InShock}}s. He picks up the hair and decides -- apropos of nothing -- that it has {{panacea}} properties. The combo of reverence and attributing healing powers to it is reminiscent of the treatment of religious relics, which were big at the time (12th century).

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* ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart'': Lancelot is on a quest to find Guinevere. As he's tracking her, he comes upon a place where she combed out her hair. She left behind her comb with a strand of hair still caught in the tines. Lancelot is so overcome with emotion he nearly {{faint|InShock}}s. He picks up the hair and decides -- apropos of nothing -- that it has {{panacea}} properties. The combo of reverence and attributing healing powers to it is reminiscent of the treatment of religious relics, which were big at the time (12th century). By treating her hair like a relic, it implies he [[LoveIsLikeReligion regards Guinevere as a saint]].
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the "Sisterhood" arc (''Uncanny X-Men'' #508-511), Madelyne Pryor and her female-only Sisterhood attack the X-Men in San Francisco so she could find a lock of Jean Grey's hair that Wolverine kept for himself as a memento (during this period, Jean Grey was dead since ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' #150 (2004)).

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the "Sisterhood" arc (''Uncanny X-Men'' (''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #508-511), Madelyne Pryor and her female-only Sisterhood attack the X-Men in San Francisco so she could find a lock of Jean Grey's hair that Wolverine kept for himself as a memento (during this period, Jean Grey was dead since ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' #150 (2004)).
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the "Sisterhood" arc (''Uncanny X-Men'' #508-511), Madelyne Pryor and her female-only Sisterhood attack the X-Men in San Francisco so she could find a lock of Jean Grey's hair that Wolverine kept for himself as a memento (during this period, Jean Grey was dead since ''New X-Men'' #150 (2004)).

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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': In the "Sisterhood" arc (''Uncanny X-Men'' #508-511), Madelyne Pryor and her female-only Sisterhood attack the X-Men in San Francisco so she could find a lock of Jean Grey's hair that Wolverine kept for himself as a memento (during this period, Jean Grey was dead since ''New X-Men'' ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' #150 (2004)).
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They say that the hair was from a little boy

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They say that the hair was from a little boyboy''



The night that you planned to go clear

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The night that you planned to go clearclear''
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime:'' "What Was Missing" reveals that Finn keeps a piece of PB's hair and sometimes touches it.
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* Ursa-Dra from ''Webcomic/InvinceaAndTheWarriorsFromHell'' entrusts Hadinn with a lock of her hair as he leaves Natanahal.

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* ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart'': Lancelot is on a quest to find Guinevere. As he's tracking her, he comes upon a place where she combed her hair and left the comb, with a strand of hair still caught in the tines. He is so overcome with emotion he nearly faints.

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* ''Literature/LancelotTheKnightOfTheCart'': Lancelot is on a quest to find Guinevere. As he's tracking her, he comes upon a place where she combed out her hair and hair. She left the comb, behind her comb with a strand of hair still caught in the tines. He Lancelot is so overcome with emotion he nearly faints.{{faint|InShock}}s. He picks up the hair and decides -- apropos of nothing -- that it has {{panacea}} properties. The combo of reverence and attributing healing powers to it is reminiscent of the treatment of religious relics, which were big at the time (12th century).
-->''He lays [the strands] in his bosom near his heart, between the shirt and the flesh. He would not exchange them for a cartload of emeralds and carbuncles, nor does he think that any sore or illness can afflict him now; he holds in contempt essence of pearl, treacle, and the cure for pleurisy; even for St. Martin and St. James he has no need; for he has such confidence in this hair that he requires no other aid.''
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* ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'': While Anne Neville is in sanctuary to escape her brother-in-law's plots, Richard of Gloucester gifts her with a locket and she requests a lock of his hair to keep inside it. He obliges right before riding off to deal with a Scottish rebellion for his brother, the king.

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* ''Literature/TheSunneInSplendour'': While Anne Neville is in sanctuary to escape her brother-in-law's plots, the brother-in-law's brother [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII Richard of Gloucester Gloucester]] gifts her with a locket and she requests a lock of his hair to keep inside it. He obliges right before riding off to deal with a Scottish rebellion for his oldest brother, the king.king. Anne and Richard eventually marry.

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* ''TabletopGame/PathfinderKingmaker'': A lock of hair was used to create a ring of bestial friendship. [[spoiler:This CursedItem will cause the animal to run in a rampant rage.]] Eirikk received it from his potential lover, and used the ring to enchant an owlbear as a means to impress the lover and to further gain control.
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* ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'': A lock of hair was used to create a ring of bestial friendship. [[spoiler:This CursedItem will cause the animal to run in a rampant rage.]] Eirikk received it from his potential lover, and used the ring to enchant an owlbear as a means to impress the lover and to further gain control.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}: Kingmaker''. A lock of hair was used to create a ring of bestial friendship. [[spoiler:This CursedItem will cause the animal to run in a rampant rage.]] Eirikk received it from his potential lover, and used the ring to enchant an owlbear as a means to impress the lover and to further gain control.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}: Kingmaker''. ''TabletopGame/PathfinderKingmaker'': A lock of hair was used to create a ring of bestial friendship. [[spoiler:This CursedItem will cause the animal to run in a rampant rage.]] Eirikk received it from his potential lover, and used the ring to enchant an owlbear as a means to impress the lover and to further gain control.
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In a third variant, a character will cut a piece of another's hair (with or without their knowledge or consent), to again, help them remember. This variant may overlap with StalkerWithACrush, and by extension CreepySouvenir.

Since most men in fiction sport short hair, the hair in this trope is almost always [[AlwaysFemale a woman's]].

TruthInTelevision, as it was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_jewellery popular]], especially in the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian Era]], to keep items of jewellery containing a piece of a loved one's hair, especially after said person has passed away. Hair was considered to be a living, remnant part of that person, making it more sentimental than, for example, a portrait.

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In a third variant, a character will cut a piece of another's hair (with or without their knowledge or consent), to again, help them remember. This variant may overlap with StalkerWithACrush, and by extension CreepySouvenir.

CreepySouvenir. A variant is for one schoolchildren to secretly cut another kid's long hair or braids as a mean prank. This may be done in the classroom by a student seated behind the targeted person.

Since most men in fiction sport short hair, the hair in this trope is almost always [[AlwaysFemale a woman's]].

woman's]]. Of course, if a man has long, flowing locks of hair, he too may have hair cut off.

TruthInTelevision, as it was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_jewellery popular]], especially in the [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian Era]], to keep items of jewellery containing a piece of a loved one's hair, especially after said person has passed away. Hair was considered to be a living, remnant part of that person, making it more sentimental than, for example, a portrait.
portrait. Parents may take locks of hair from their baby to put in an album as a keepsake.
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* The ''VideoGame/Persona3'' character Aigis can't give her boyfriend organic hair, as she is a robot. However, she wants to fulfil the emotional meaning of this trope, so she gives him a screw of hers that a previous battle burnt beyond usability. She also assures him that she won't be defeated like she was then, because [[ThePowerOfLove her resolve is stronger now]].
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* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell Year of Hell]]", Annorax had, using time incursions, accidentally made his wife vanish from existence. All he had left of her was a lock of her hair.

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* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E8YearOfHell Year of Hell]]", Annorax had, using time incursions, accidentally [[FakeBetterAlternateTimeline accidentally]] made his wife vanish from existence. All he had left of her was a lock of her hair.

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